Entries for July 2014
Moore’s Law is Dead – (Part 1) What?
posted on July 04, 2014 13:05
Gordon Moore always calls it “so-called Moore’s Law” when discussing his eponymous observation about IC scaling trends, and he has always acknowledged that it’s no more and no less than a marketing tool used to inform an ecosystem of downstream chip-users of price:performance improvements planned.
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IBM: Commercial Nanotube Transistors Are Coming Soon
posted on July 04, 2014 13:04
A project at IBM is now aiming to have transistors built using carbon nanotubes ready to take over from silicon transistors soon after 2020.
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IBM Pledges Nanotube Transistor by 2020 or Bust
posted on July 04, 2014 13:03
For over two decades IBM has tried nearly every possible way to a make a tiny 1.4-nanometer carbon nanotube the successor to the silicon transistor channel.
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Technology Node Transitions Slowing Below 32 nm
posted on July 04, 2014 13:02
With the strong growth in the mobile market and their ever increasing functionality, the driver for leading edge semiconductor devices is to reduce power consumption without comprising performance. The cost per wafer has become an increasing concern below the 32nm node.
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Will 7nm And 5nm Really Happen?
posted on July 04, 2014 13:01
As leading-edge chipmakers continue to ramp up their 28nm and 20nm devices, vendors are also updating their future technology roadmaps. In fact, IC makers are talking about their new shipment schedules for 10nm. And GlobalFoundries, Intel, Samsung and TSMC are narrowing down the options for 7nm, 5nm and beyond.
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