We've seen some big names working on
32nm chips, and now we can add two more to the mix. According to Nikkei, Panasonic and Renesas have recently developed technology necessary to mass produce the little guys, using metal oxide film (instead of a silicon material) for the insulating layer and titanium nitride for the conducting layer. This has allowed the chips to consume less power, so the 32nm chips operate comparably to their
45nm siblings. Look for a street date sometime in 2011 -- but considering that Toshiba, IBM and others have set a target date of 2010 for their 32nm chips, and Samsung and Intel are aiming at 2009, Panny might be showing up to this party a little late.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
pd @ Oct 10th 2008 8:06AM
didnt nikkei just take a big hit in the stock market? (more so than everyone else that is...)
John @ Oct 10th 2008 8:19AM
Why is the cell processor the one that always gets used to illustrate processor related stories?
Lars @ Oct 10th 2008 8:22AM
Because they dont know its the cell ;)
iamsoinsane @ Oct 10th 2008 9:43AM
Because its so purdy! ;-)
(Lars answer is better!)
TurboFool @ Oct 10th 2008 2:08PM
I came in to ask exactly the same question...
Aztek @ Oct 10th 2008 10:39AM
Well isn’t that Panasonics life long strategy? You can prob name a handfull of products which Panasonic came up with that we late to the party...