Intel Releases Video On 45nm And Hafnium Metal-gate Transistors
Blog At the International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) this week in Washington. Intel talked some more about its 45nm technology - and has also produced a video showing hitherto secret R&D and production techniques.
[December 13, 2007, 12:11]
Intel Launches Quad-core Tigerton
News According to Intel, the Penryn processors — based on its 45nm manufacturing process with high-k metal gate transistors — will have up to 820 million transistors and a die size of 107mm squared. Intel has launched its new line of quad-core Xeon...
[September 5, 2007, 12:06]
AMD Picks IBM Veteran As Manufacturing Chief
News Chips made on the 45nm process will be radically different in many ways from chips made on the current 65nm process: one of the biggest changes is that the transistor gates, which control the flow of electrons, will be made of metal, rather than...
[February 5, 2007, 8:37]
Celebrating 60 Years Of Transistors
News Chips now come out of factories with 45nm features, thanks to the introduction of metal gates in transistors, a massive change. Their device, called a point contract transistor, conducted electricity and amplified signals, a job previously handled...
[December 17, 2007, 7:33]
Intel Launches Penryn Chips
News For the first time, Intel plans to use a metal gate and a new material for the oxide layer around the gate in its transistor designs. Just a few months after the launch of AMD's quad-core Barcelona chips, Intel is hitting back with Penryn, now...
[November 12, 2007, 7:36]
Moore's Law On Course For Another Two Years
News Many, for instance, are likely to include metal or other materials in the silicon gates and gate oxide, two structures inside transistors. The Santa Clara, California-based chip giant has created test chips made on the 45nm process and is likely to...
[January 26, 2006, 9:15]
IBM Shrinks SRAM Cell For Future Chip Generation
News According to IBM, the creation of the new cell was aided by factors including: "Band edge high-K metal gate stacks, transistors with less than 25nm gate lengths, thin spacers, novel co-implants, advanced activation techniques, extremely thin...
[August 18, 2008, 17:23]
Barrett Extends Silicon Roadmap
News Conventional chip manufacturing processes use a technology called complimentary metal oxide semiconductors, or CMOS. Moore's Law will boost chip abilities for many years to come, Intel CEO Craig Barrett predicted on Tuesday.
[March 2, 2005, 9:30]
Intel Unveils Its Tech Treasures
News Technically a fuel cell, this device is closer to an ordinary battery, but with the rather wonderful attribute of producing eco-friendly soapy substances as it runs, rather than ending up as a pile of toxic metal.
[September 21, 2007, 11:24]
Introducing The 45nm Next-Generation Intel Core Microarchitecture
White Papers The Penryn processor family is based on industry-leading 45-nanometer (nm) High-k metal gate silicon technology and latest microarchitecture enhancements. In the second half of 2007, Intel started producing of the next-generation Intel Core2...
[April 3, 2008, 1:02]
