Next up for Intel’s 32 nm chips: Prepare for production
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Next up for Intel’s 32 nm chips: Prepare for production
10.12.2008. 20:37
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San Francisco (CA) – Intel is set to announce a completed development phase of its 32 nm chip manufacturing process, which is expected to deliver first commercial processors in late 2009. 32 nm chips will now move into the production phase, while a 22 nm technology, due in 2013, comes out of research and moves into development. Since Intel’s process technology development is based on a three-stage strategy, that also means that research on the 16 nm process has already begun.
To clear up any confusion upfront: Intel isn’t ready to mass-produce 32 nm processors just yet. There is still a lot of work to be done to prepare the process technology for the volumes Intel needs and we haven’t even heard much about the fabs that will those processors: Westmere, a Nehalem shrink, will be the first 32 nm CPU in Q4 2009, while the 32 nm Sandy Bridge will introduce a completely new architecture in 2010. What we do know now, however, is that Intel is on track to deliver 32 nm on time next year and at least about one year ahead of AMD.
It appears that Intel has mastered all the challenges of a 32 nm shrink. It will use a second-generation high-K gate material to contain leakage current and it will transition to a 193 nm immersion lithography production technology to print the circuits on its chips (AMD is using immersion lithography for its 45 nm chip generation, but goes not use a high-K material). Since the announcement of the first 32 nm SRAM chip in September of last year, Intel has reduced the cell size in the chip about 6% smaller (from 0.182 μm2 to 0.171 μm2) and claims to have produced “thousands” of test chips already.
What is somewhat strange about this announcement is the fact that, compared to previous process technology announcements (especially 45 nm, 65 nm), we already had received detailed information about power savings and performance improvements at this point in time of the development process. But there is no information on 32 nm yet. We are told that there will be power savings when compared to 45 nm CPUs at comparable clock speeds. We just don’t know how much. Performance is also a bit blurry, but we got the impression that 32 nm CPUs will scale to higher clock speeds than 45 nm chips.
There will be no changes to the wafer size: 32 nm chips will be printed on 300 mm wafers. Talks about 450 mm have begun, but this wafer size are still very much a topic for the next decade.
The obvious question here is: So, if Intel is at 32 nm – where is AMD? Well, we know that 32 nm AMD server processors will debut in 2010 in a best-case scenario, but consumer processors are now scheduled for 2011. Some readers may be surprised by this plan, especially since it seemed that AMD, thanks to its partnership with IBM, could challenge Intel as it was first to announce 22 nm products. However, it is worth noting that IBM was able to create only one functional 22 nm cell so far, while Intel has built millions of functional 32 nm cells – and typically does not announce a product with a single functional cell. The maturity of a new chip is also measured by cell and area size and the resulting density of a chip. And it appears that Intel still has the lead in this field.
With 32 nm now officially in the production phase at Intel, that means that the two stages before this phase will also change: 22 nm moves from the research into the development phase and if everything goes to plan, we should see the first 22 nm SRAM chips by September of 2009. 16 nm is now in the research phase and despite rumors that production processes beyond 22 nm may hit a wall, we are told that Intel does not see an end to this road yet.
Intel will provide more details about its 32 nm process at the International Electron Devices meeting (IEDM), which will open its doors on December 15 in San Francisco. The presentation will include an updated 291 Mb 32 nm SRAM chip with more than 1.9 billion transistors and a 3.8 GHz clock speed. Intel said it will also briefly discuss early findings relating to its 22 nm CMOS technology.
Intel jeste mnogo jaci od AMD-a, ali da Intel ima bolju tehnologiju od IBM-a i da je Intel lider u vidu procesora to je veoma tesko moguce. Hvala na informaciji. Samo da se ova tema ne pretvori u diskusiju Intel AMD,...
Pa i ja mogu tako da pronađem i prekopiram vest na engleskom jeziku. Ako već voliš da postuješ vesti, onda bar prevedi to što šalješ da ne bih bio prinuđen da udarim embargo za vesti na drugim jezicima i postove koji sadrže samo linkove ka stranim news sajtovima.
Mislim, ..., jasno mi je da većina ljudi zna engleski, ali ipak smatram da ovo nije najbolji način za informisanje. Onaj ko želi vesti na engleskom, ima google pa neka traži šta ga zanima.
Bez ljutnje, ne mislim ništa loše, znam da je ovo bilo sa najboljom namerom, ali ... ipak mislim da ne treba tako.
Prevescu ja ukratko .Intel je objavio da je zaokruzio 32 nm proizvodni proces i ocekuje se da ce se prvi 32 nm CPU pojaviti krajem 2009.Dok se 22 nm proizvodnja ocekuje 2013 ,a inace Intel je poceo da istrazuje i 16 nm tehnologiju.I onda se novinar pita Ako je Intel vec na 32 nm gde je tu AMD ?.Znamo da se 32 nm AMD server ocekuje u 2010 po najboljem mogucem scenariju.Ovo o IBM ne bih komentarisao ipak .
Intel je uspešno okončao razvojnu fazu 32-nanometarske tehnologije. Na taj način ovaj gigant počinje pripremu za početak masovne proizvodnje, koja je predviđena za kraj naredne godine. Istovremeno, 22-nanometarska tehnologija izlazi iz faze istraživanja i ulazi u fazu razvoja. Prvi 22-nanometarski čipovi će se pojaviti tokom 2013. godine, prema sadašnjem rasporedu. Konačno, Intelova trostepena strategija predviđa da se pokrene istraživanje 16-nanometarske proizvodnje. Detalji će biti zvanično objavljeni na International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) manifestaciji, koja se održava sledeće nedelje. 32-nanometarski proizvodni proces će integrisati high-k + metal gate tehnologiju druge generacije, 193-nm immersion litografiju i druge napredne tehnike kada se radi o izradi tranzistora. Intel još uvek nije u potpunosti spreman za masovnu proizvodnju, ali će se i to desiti u određenom roku. Neže biti promena u veličini vafera - 32-nm čipovi će se štampati na 300-milimetarskim vaferima. Priča se i o 450-milimetarskim vaferima, ali će njihova implementacija sasvim sigurno biti ostavljena za narednu deceniju. Na prezentaciji na kojoj će Intel zvanično objaviti ove podatke, koja će biti održana naredne nedelje, biće pokazan i unapređeni 291-Mb 32 nm SRAM čip, sa više od 1.9 milijardi tranzistora i radnim taktom od 3.8 GHz. Intel će pomenuti i neke stvari o 22-nanometarskoj CMOS tehnologiji. Prvi Intelov 32-nanometarski procesor, kodne oznake Westmere, će se pojaviti u četvrtom kvartalu 2009. godine.
U svakom slucaju, intel je dva koplja ispred amd, videcemo kako ce se stvari odvijati ali amd mora pod hitno da ubrza svoj razvojni put, i naravno jos vise koriguje cene kako bi ostao konkurentan!
Some readers may be surprised by this plan, especially since it seemed that AMD, thanks to its partnership with IBM, could challenge Intel as it was first to announce 22 nm products. However, it is worth noting that IBM was able to create only one functional 22 nm cell so far, while Intel has built millions of functional 32 nm cells – and typically does not announce a product with a single functional cell. The maturity of a new chip is also measured by cell and area size and the resulting density of a chip. And it appears that Intel still has the lead in this field.
Neki citaoci ce biti iznenadjeni ovim planom (Intelovim) ,narocito zbog toga sto Amd zahvaljujuci saradnji sa IBM ,izaziva Intel posto je prvi objavio 22 nm proizvod.Ali to ne vredi nista ,IBM je sposoban da napravi samo jednu 22 nm celiju ,dok Intel ugradjuje milione funkcionalnih 32 nm celija - i nije se oglasavao sa proizvodom sa jednom funkcionalnom celijom .Validnost novog cipa se takodje meri prostornom velicinom celije i gustinom chip-a (Valjda novinar ima ambiciju da on nauci IBM sta je zrelost chip-a prim.prevodioca). I izgleda da Intel i dalje ima vodecu ulogu u ovoj oblasti.
sefe koliko ja vidim ti si ovde jedini koji se buni zbog engleza
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