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To: hitechstocks who wrote (202401)6/15/2006 9:12:11 PM
From: Joe NYCRespond to of 275872
 
Any insight about the impact on AMD?

Possibly in 3 to 4 years ( = eternity) because:

Since these transistors greatly improve performance and energy efficiency Intel expects tri-gate technology could become the basic building block for future microprocessors sometime beyond the 45nm process technology node.

Joe



To: hitechstocks who wrote (202401)6/15/2006 9:50:04 PM
From: FJBRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
RE:tri-gate

AMD has been working on the same thing.

Sunnyvale, CA -- December 9, 2003 --At the 2003 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) in Washington, DC, AMD (NYSE:AMD) provided additional detail on its revolutionary next-generation silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistor design, while also providing new information on its successful use of SOI technologies in its current microprocessors.

...

Unique Multi-Gate Design
AMD’s new transistor design uses three gates, instead of one as in today’s transistors, and incorporates several innovations that allow for continued transistor gate scaling down to 20 nm and below, while providing increased speed and decreased electrical leakage. Further, AMD’s transistor is not dependent upon the use of so-called “high-k” gate dielectric materials, which have been shown to have negative effects on some aspects of transistor performance.

“We have taken a structural approach that utilizes conventional materials in new ways to provide a demonstrated solution at the 20 nm gate dimension. This is the kind of innovation required to drive technology advancement well into the next decade,” stated Lin.

amd.com



To: hitechstocks who wrote (202401)6/15/2006 9:50:57 PM
From: Dan3Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 275872
 
Re: Any insight about the impact on AMD?

AMD is still working on Fin-Fet technology - a more advanced but more difficult transistor due to its 3D structure.

Intel gave up on Fin-Fet, saying that, like SOI, it was too hard.


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