Ahh Hafnium based gate dielectrics don't you just love it. #
Posted Monday 10th December 2007 18:58 GMT
Silicon Dioxide has been in the process of being replaced by variations of Hafnium alloys and oxides as the transistor gate oxide dielectric for ages now. It's nice to see that it's finally been cracked and that all those horrible reliability issues that have frustrated this happening for so long have been resolved.
Did I hear someone say NBTI?
No shush thats not real. you're measuring it wrong...
In all IBMs openness I didn't see a mention of what metal they're using as a gate contact in their shiny new process. We shall wait and see.
Right, some folks think Intel has pushed AMD so far into the corner that they cannot afford to do 45 nm fab. They're doomed if they don't. Will IBM help level the playing field a bit?
Intel Core i7 I7-920 Quad Core Processor (2.66GHz, 4x256kB, 4.8GT/s QPI, LGA 1336 Socket B)
AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Quad Core Processor (3.4GHz, 6MB L3 Cache, 4x512KB L2 Cache, 2000 MHz Bus, Socket AM3)
Asus P7P55D Motherboard (Intel Socket H LGA1156, P55 Express, ATX, 16GB DDR3)
Intel Core i5 750 Qaud Core Processor (2.66GHz, 8MB L3 Cache, 2.5 GT/s Bus, Socket H LGA1156)
Asus M4A785TD-V EVO AMD 785G/SB710 Socket AM3 ATX Motherboard
IBM to get high-k with all its friends at 32nm
John Browne
Ahh Hafnium based gate dielectrics don't you just love it. #
Posted Monday 10th December 2007 18:58 GMT
Silicon Dioxide has been in the process of being replaced by variations of Hafnium alloys and oxides as the transistor gate oxide dielectric for ages now. It's nice to see that it's finally been cracked and that all those horrible reliability issues that have frustrated this happening for so long have been resolved.
Did I hear someone say NBTI?
No shush thats not real. you're measuring it wrong...
In all IBMs openness I didn't see a mention of what metal they're using as a gate contact in their shiny new process. We shall wait and see.
Eric
AMD? #
Posted Tuesday 11th December 2007 02:21 GMT
Does that mean AMD's future line of processors won't be made of Unobtainium anymore? Must have been a Phenom-only thing...
Don Mitchell
AMD?? #
Posted Tuesday 11th December 2007 04:48 GMT
Right, some folks think Intel has pushed AMD so far into the corner that they cannot afford to do 45 nm fab. They're doomed if they don't. Will IBM help level the playing field a bit?