Dual Port Register File Compiler (1 Read-Only Port, 1 Write-Only Port)
UMC Joins Elite Club
Kevin Gibb, Product Line Manager, TechInsights
EETimes (8/19/2015 11:39 AM EDT)
UMC joins the elite club who have mastered the gate-last metal gate (HKMG) transistor.
With the arrival of a UMC fabbed MDM9625 sporting high-k metal gates, another foundry joins the elite club who have mastered the gate-last metal gate (HKMG) transistor, the likes of which includes Intel, Samsung and TSMC.
Intel ventured into gate-last HKMG transistors in 2007 with their 45nm node processors, followed by TSMC in 2012 and Samsung in 2014. We at TechInsights note that both Samsung and GlobalFoundries began their metal gate transistors with a gate-first process at their 32/28nm nodes and then later switched to the gate last process for their 20nm process nodes.
![]() |
E-mail This Article | ![]() |
![]() |
Printer-Friendly Page |
|
Related News
Breaking News
- BrainChip Collaborates with Chelpis-Mirle on Security Solution
- VeriSilicon Launches the Industry-Leading Automotive-Grade Intelligent Driving SoC Design Platform
- New Audio Sample Rate Converter (ASRC) IP Core from CAST Offers Versatility with High Fidelity
- NEXT Semiconductor Technologies Collaborates with BAE Systems to Develop Next Generation Space-Qualified Chips
- QuickLogic Delivers eFPGA Hard IP for Intel 18A Based Test Chip
Most Popular
- QuickLogic Delivers eFPGA Hard IP for Intel 18A Based Test Chip
- BOS Semiconductors to Partner with Intel to Accelerate Automotive AI Innovation
- Baya Systems, Imagination Technologies and Andes Technology to Present on Heterogeneous Compute Architectures at Andes RISC-V CON Silicon Valley
- Crypto Quantique announces QRoot Lite - a lightweight and configurable root-of-trust IP for resource-constrained IoT devices
- TSMC Unveils Next-Generation A14 Process at North America Technology Symposium