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wear out from A.J. Walker et. al., VLSI Symposium 2003 and A.J. Walker, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, November 2009. Energy band diagram from N. Gordon and W.C. Johnson, IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, March 1973. Quantum Mechanical tunneling has formed the foundation for silicon