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To: grok who wrote (68219)8/10/1999 12:42:00 AM
From: Process Boy  Respond to of 1578926
 
KZN - <However, I think that this also means that there will be a lot less than the expected performance boost when they go to 0.18u process. This is because the transistors are already half way there and when the full 0.18u shrink occurs the transistor widths will shrink a lot more than the lengths and Tox do.>

I don't believe your thinking is too far off the mark. .25um is near EOL. It would make sense that there are .18-ish type features in the front end of the process.

As for what the performance jump will be from .25 - .18 (Al), that is the 64k question.

PB



To: grok who wrote (68219)8/10/1999 12:43:00 AM
From: Charles R  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578926
 
KZ,

<However, I think that this also means that there will be a lot less than the expected performance boost when they go to 0.18u process. This is because the transistors are already half way there and when the full 0.18u shrink occurs the transistor widths will shrink a lot more than the lengths and Tox do.>

As I mentioned in an earlier post, I have come to precisely the opposite conclusion.

Waiting for the process guys to comment......

Chuck


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