25 Mar
40 nm process from TSMC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced a 40 nm process that it claims gives a 15% advantage in power consumption over parts made with 45 nm.
Both Intel and AMD are producing parts on 45nm, with Intel’s parts shipping in low quantities and AMD’s parts not shipping yet. TSMC rents out fab space to customers, and it is offering services to shrink designs intended for 45 nm processes down to 40 nm to gain some benefit.
Graphics and memory chip makers could reap the benefits of the smaller process, but I’m not sure that Intel or AMD will bother with a small incremental improvement in the technology it is just starting to get running.
Read the press release at TSMC.
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