Intel gets to 65nm first

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in General Discussion edited January 2014
http://www.iht.com/articles/536431.htm



IBM sux0rs, why isn't it at 20nm! Damn Macs

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  • Reply 1 of 6
    Intel needs to do that to keep parity with their shitty designs, good let them do it. They'll have all the mistakes, yield problems, and costs that the rest of the industry will learn from. Who Cares?
  • Reply 2 of 6
    Maybe I don't understand a lot about the manufacturing of CPUs, but all I hear is all the problems everybody is having with the 90nm process.



    Now the companies are trying for 65nm?



    Shouldn't they perfect the 90nm process first?



    Mike
  • Reply 3 of 6
    Quote:

    Originally posted by MPMoriarty

    Maybe I don't understand a lot about the manufacturing of CPUs, but all I hear is all the problems everybody is having with the 90nm process.



    Now the companies are trying for 65nm?



    Shouldn't they perfect the 90nm process first?



    Mike




    there is a thread exactly about this from a few weeks ago, if you look for it.
  • Reply 4 of 6
    powerdocpowerdoc Posts: 8,123member
    In CPU industry you have to think to the next coming moves a long time in advance. For example the Crolles fab (SMT, Philips and MOTOROLA) was designed to be able to reach 45 nm, and started at 90 nm.



    The Crolles fab was designed when chips where fabbed at 180 nm. Sure that the lessons of 90 nm problems will serve for the next process, but you have to do research on smaller process a long time in advance. That's why only the big guys can afford to stay in the fab competition.
  • Reply 5 of 6
    splinemodelsplinemodel Posts: 7,311member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by HHogan

    http://www.iht.com/articles/536431.htm



    IBM sux0rs, why isn't it at 20nm! Damn Macs




    IBM made 20nm chips years ago. The trouble is that the bounds of photolithographic etching are being reached, and in order to get down into the 20nm area, different fabrication methods need to become practical for volume production.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    wmfwmf Posts: 1,164member
    I think you mean Intel gets to 65nm press release first.
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