Design Methods for Attaining IBM System z9 Processor Cycle-Time Goals
White Papers In particular, although the processor-subsystem cycle-time improvement was driven primarily by the technology migration from CMOS 9S (130-nm lithography) for the prior IBM System z990 to CMOS 10S0 (90-nm lithography) for the new system, the...
[May 26, 2007, 1:00]
Chip designers' Dream Team: 10GHz or bust
News EUV lithography works in much the same way, except that we have to use a different wavelength of light and we need to use different lenses. Basically, conventional lithography, which the industry has used for a number of years, won't be useful as...
[February 15, 2001, 14:36]
Intel to reveal chip-packing breakthrough
News This gives Intel a chance to use lithography tools that are much coarser than you can use with microprocessors," which let the chipmaker recycle old equipment, Brookwood said. As a result, packaging research ranks up with the company's work on...
[October 8, 2001, 10:06]
Intel puts Tualatin chips on launch pad
News Intel's manufacturing plans have been impacted this year by delays by SVG Lithography in providing the lithography equipment to be used in the transition. Intel is planning to switch Pentium 4 over to the 0.13-micron process in the fourth quarter...
[July 26, 2001, 11:30]
IBM taking Moore's Law by the horns
News V-Groove, in addition to lithography techniques, uses chemicals to create an anisotropic chemical reaction. Moore's Law, an observation of Intel cofounder Gordon Moore, states that the number of transistors in a processor will double every 24 months.
[August 11, 2000, 15:03]
UMC produces first 45nm SRAM
News UMC, the second largest supplier of integrated circuits in the world, says the new chips use its own logic process with immersion lithography for its 12 layers. Immersion lithography is used to enhance resolution by putting a liquid medium between...
[November 20, 2006, 23:00]
Optimization of Silicon Technology for the IBM System z9
White Papers These technology improvements included logic and SRAM FET optimization, mask fabrication, lithography and wafer processing, and interconnect technology. IBM 90-nm Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) technology was used for the key chips in the System z9...
[March 7, 2007, 0:00]
Intel accelerates 32nm processor plans
News Intel said the 32nm process was the first to use immersion lithography, a new technique where some production takes place in water, with design patterns shrunk by refraction. Intel has announced a major update to its 32nm next-generation processor...
[February 10, 2009, 18:00]
There's life in the old law yet, says Moore
News I remember we didn't think we could go beyond one micron because of optical lithography," Moore said, referring to an obstacle overcome in the early '90s. Moore didn't buy a home PC until the 386 processor came out, toward the late 1980s, he said.
[July 10, 2002, 10:46]
The problems of processor manufacture
News Are you going to continue to be able to use dry lithography on future processes? IBM has recently announced it is using immersion lithography, where chips are immersed in a fluid that bends laser light to get smaller feature sizes.
[March 10, 2006, 17:05]
AMD 'to keep adding' to x86
News One of the facility's first tasks will be to produce semiconductors using "immersion" lithography in 65-nanometer manufacturing. Beyond Opteron and Athlon, AMD is also beefing up low-cost Sempron chips with 64-bit capabilities, which increases the...
[June 13, 2005, 9:50]
Moore's Law to roll on for another decade
News Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography uses light with much smaller wavelengths and will start to come onto the market in 2007. Progress in lithography, the science of "drawing" circuits on chips, will also have to be made.
[February 11, 2003, 7:59]
