Dan, Re: "Re: Wanna_bmw wrote: Intel's Terahertz Transistor, on the other hand, is a technology scheduled for the 65nm process node (with 30nm transistor gates) to be launched in 2005.
Silicon Strategies reported:
Intel's 15-nm transistor (gate-length) is a CMOS-based, 0.8-Volt device, said to handle switching speeds of 0.38-ps--or 2.63 trillion switches per second. Intel's 15-nm device is expected to become a key element in the development of 0.03-micron (30-nm) chips on 300-mm wafer substrates by 2009 or so"
Let's see if we can go over this one more time.
intel.com (page 8)
Intel's Terahertz transistor - 65nm node / 32nm transistor gate.
Intel's and AMD's 2009 tech demo - 30-32nm node / 15-16nm transistor gate.
Terahertz Transistor introduction - 2005.
AMD and Intel's 15nm transistor gate introduction - 2009.
These are two totally different technologies, but I can see where you would be confused. AMD's 15nm transistor gate technology was measured to be fastert than Intel's, but since this technology is 7 years down the line, both companies have an opportunity to improve this. Intel's FD SOI, however, is coming out in 2005, three years away. So far, AMD has not announced anything comparable. Reread my previous points.
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