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IBM and Chartered Extend Manufacturing Arrangement
to Include 90nm SOI Semiconductors
EAST FISHKILL, N.Y. and SINGAPORE - January 14, 2004 - IBM and Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing (Nasdaq: CHRT and SGX-ST: Chartered) today announced an agreement under which Chartered will manufacture selected 90 nanometer (nm) SOI products for IBM in volume-driven, high-performance solutions.
This manufacturing agreement follows the joint development agreements signed by IBM and Chartered in November 2002 and has resulted in a foundry platform solution supported by both companies. Under the initial agreements, the two companies are jointly developing 90nm and 65nm bulk CMOS processes for foundry chip production on 300-millimeter (mm) silicon wafers and are engaged in a reciprocal manufacturing arrangement that provides dual-sourcing flexibility for their customers.
"IBM's 90nm SOI technology is the most advanced in the world and it is increasingly being utilized by a number of our customers across several applications segments," said Dr. John E. Kelly III, senior vice president and group executive, IBM Technology Group. "This manufacturing agreement, with our partner, Chartered, enables IBM to provide the dual sourcing clients want and the flexibility we need to meet increasing demand for our leading-edge technologies."
Chartered is expected to begin production of the 90nm SOI parts in its 300mm Fab 7 in Singapore by mid 2005.
BTW, at the same December meeting where DSL was disclosed, there was a paper by Chartered, IBM, and other partners detailing their BULK 65nm process.
So I think we can conclude they are still pursuing bulk processes at Chartered, in addition to a 90nm SOI process. Hence my original question about what sort of wafers they were talking about in that quote. |
