AMD 65nm migration to be completed by mid-2007
Tuesday, 05 December 2006
AMD plans a rapid transition to full specification 65nm technology at Fab 36 by mid-2007 after officially announcing that Athlon 64 X2 dual-core desktop processors were now available and would see PC systems carrying the microprocessors from the likes of Acer, Dell, Founder, Gateway, HP, Lenovo, Packard Bell, and TongFang in Q1 2007.
"Our analysis of the device has confirmed that the 65nm AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor, produced at AMD Fab 36, uses minimum gate lengths of 35nm, nine copper and one aluminum metal levels, strained silicon channel and a Silicon on Insulator (SOI) substrate," said Don Scansen, lead process analyst at Semiconductor Insights, after handling a recent tear-down of the microprocessor in their lab.
fabtech.org
The move to 65nm process technology enables AMD to produce more processors on a 300mm wafer at Fab36 while reducing manufacturing costs, according to the company.
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