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To: StanX Long who wrote (61978)	3/13/2002 12:39:24 AM
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Intel Moving to 90nm By Tom Murphy -- Electronic News, 3/12/2002 e-insite.net Intel Corp. is expected to report today that it reached a milestone in validating its next process technology node at 90nm. Intel of Santa Clara, Calif., says it has produced an SRAM chip built on its 90nm process that features a cell size of 1 square micron, 52Mbits of capacity and 330 million transistors. The announcement is significant, said Intel’s Mark Bohr, director of process architecture and integration, because the SRAM demonstrates all the 90nm features needed to make microprocessors, such as transistors and interconnects. By contrast, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) announced last week that it produced a 4Mbit SRAM test chip that had a cell size of 1.3 square microns. Bohr also said the move to 90nm shows that Intel is on track in moving to a new process technology every two years. Intel started shipping 0.13-micron process technology chips in August last year. "It’s about the time for Intel to make this announcement," said Risto Puhakka of VLSI Research Inc. in San Jose. "The basic issues of this announcement are this is where we are heading to, it is feasible and we know how to go there. If Intel was not making this announcement, then we would be worried." The announcement is intended to demonstrate that Intel will be producing microprocessors with higher clock rates and with less power consumption, Bohr said. Also, the new process will be less costly and Intel intends to pass those savings to the end user.