A counter-intuitive and risky move. TSMC to offer only one process at 20-nm:

TSMC to offer only one process at 20-nm

eetimes.com 18 Apr '12, 11am

A counter-intuitive and risky move. TSMC to offer only one process at 20-nm:

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) will offer only one process at the 20-nm node, a change from the multiple processes that the foundry giant has offered customers for the past several nodes, a TSMC executive said Tuesday (April 17). Speaking at TSMC's annual technology symposium here, Shang-yi Chiang, executive vice president and co-chief operating officer at TSMC, said the firm might also offer an 18- or 16-nm process node after 20-nm if lithography technology is not available to make 14-nm devices cost effectively. Chiang said the TSMC initially planned to offer two 20-nm processes, presumably a high performance process and a low-power process. Both processes would have featured high-k metal gate (HKMG) technology. But, after some development, TSMC determined that there was not a noticeable performance difference between the two 20-nm pr...

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@adapteva » 03 May '12, 6pm
A counter-intuitive and risky move. TSMC to offer only one process at 20-nm: [link]
@affiliate_with » 23 Apr '12, 7am
TSMC to offer only one process at 20-nm: [link] @ee_timesさんから
@Ira_Feldman » 21 Apr '12, 9pm
Cost of complexity #TSMC offers 4 processes @ #28nm - will only offer 1 @ #20nm says Shang-yi Chiang EVP &COO [link]
@jpnKevin_T » 20 Apr '12, 1am
TSMC 20-nm only 1 process [link] 20-nm linewidths are so small, approaching fundamental physical limits, tweaking a waste
@Goat__Rodeo » 18 Apr '12, 6pm
Pretty sure this thrilled their 20 high performance customers: [link]
@MrShephard » 18 Apr '12, 5pm
Only one variant at 20nm says TSMC [link]
@Dalong_Ros » 18 Apr '12, 5pm
TSMC to offer only one process at 20-nm: [link] via @ee_times
@rickbmerritt » 18 Apr '12, 2pm
Electronics slow down ahead: TSMC serving only vanilla for 20nm, 14nm possible--but expensive--with immersion litho: [link]
@IsomuraTomoyuki » 18 Apr '12, 11am
20nmプロセスでは、high performance process と low-power process を一本化するとのこと。 TSMC to offer only one process at 20-nm [link]