AMD Announces World's Fastest CMOS Transistors; Details of Technology Breakthrough To Be Presented At Prestigious Forum.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2001 AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AMD) announced today it has built a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor See CMOS. (integrated circuit) Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor - (CMOS) A semiconductor fabrication technology using a combination of n- and p-doped semiconductor material to achieve low power dissipation. (CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. ) transistor that achieves the fastest switching speeds yet reported in the semiconductor industry. The company has developed a device with a 15-nanometer gate length (0.015 micron), a prototype for the transistors that it plans to use to power future generations of microprocessors. This latest milestone from AMD heralds the capability for a twenty-fold increase in the number of transistors per chip and a ten-fold increase in microprocessor performance by the end of the decade. AMD will disclose its research in a paper to be presented in Washington D.C. on December 4 at the 2001 International Electron Devices Meeting The International Electron Devices Meeting is an annual conference held alternatively in San Francisco, California and Washington D.C. Established in 1954, IEDM is the world's main forum on advancement in semiconductor and electronic devices. (IEDM IEDM International Electron Devices Meeting IEDM Institute Économique de Montréal ), one of the world's leading conferences for semiconductor engineers and scientists. AMD's 15-nm device is a prototype that is key to the development of AMD's 30-nanometer process generation, which the company plans to have in production by approximately 2009. On AMD's roadmap, the 30-nm (0.03-micron) technology will make use of 300-mm wafers. "Our ongoing research allows us to stay on the forefront of transistor design, which translates into increasingly powerful processors. Transistor technology is the 'engine' that powers our high-performance microprocessors. That's why AMD continues to devote significant R&D resources to ensure that our transistor technology is world class," said Dr. Craig Sander, vice president of AMD's technology development group. The 15-nm transistor, devised in AMD's Submicron Development Center, is a CMOS-based, 0.8-Volt device, designed to handle switching speeds of 0.3-ps, or 3.33 trillion switches per second. The development of the 15-nm transistor is a powerful indicator that transistor scaling will continue unabated for many years to come. "The work to develop this transistor is a vital part of AMD's overall transistor development effort," said Sander. "This look-ahead research gives us confidence in our long-term roadmaps and strategies, while providing spin-off technology that feeds our near-term development program. We are proud to be the first company in our industry to publicly present data demonstrating these capabilities." About AMD AMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD, a Fortune 500 and Standard & Poor's 500 company, produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, Calif., AMD had revenues of $4.6 billion in 2000. (NYSE:AMD). AMD, the AMD Arrow logo and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. |
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