Collaboration on SoC Process Development Expanded to 45 nm; Starting Full Integration Incorporating Latest ArF Immersion Technology.TOKYO -- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., and Renesas Technology Renesas Technology Corporation (ルネサス テクノロジ| Corp. today announced that they have entered the full integration testing (testing) integration testing - A type of testing in which software and/or hardware components are combined and tested to confirm that they interact according to their requirements. Integration testing can continue progressively until the entire system has been integrated. of a 45-nm SoC (system-on-chip) semiconductor manufacturing technology. The process technology is the first in the industry to begin a full integration incorporating ArF (argon-fluoride) immersion scanners with a numerical aperture The measurement of the acceptance angle of an optical fiber, which is the maximum angle at which the core of the fiber will take in light that will be contained within the core. Taken from the fiber core axis (center of core), the measurement is the square root of the squared refractive (NA) of 1.0 or more. The two companies started working on the joint 45-nm process development project in October 2005 and have collaborated on previous generation process development since 1998. The current joint development project is scheduled to be completed in June 2007, with volume production targeted to begin in fiscal 2008. The new 45-nm process will be used by both Matsushita and Renesas in manufacturing SoCs for advanced mobile products and networked consumer electronics products. Besides the advanced ArF immersion lithography Immersion lithography is a photolithography resolution enhancement technique that replaces the usual air gap between the final lens and the wafer surface with a liquid medium that has a refractive index greater than one. , the companies plan to introduce other new technologies as part of the development project, including introduced-strain high-mobility transistors(3) and ELK (K = 2.4) multilayer wiring modules(4). The two companies first agreed to work together on the development of next-generation SoC technology in 1998, even before the establishment of Renesas Technology. The new project is part of the fifth stage of their collaboration, which began in October 2005. The impressive record of completed joint-development projects includes a 130-nm DRAM merged process in 2001, a 90-nm SoC process in 2002, a 90-nm DRAM merged process in 2004, and a 65-nm SoC process in 2005. In the future Matsushita and Renesas will continue to work together to develop advanced technologies efficiently, building on their accumulated technology and an excellent working relationship based on trust, joint allocations of development resources, and shared technical information. Notes 1. Full integration: Full integration of a production technology into all wafer processes, rather than limiting it to individual constituent modules. 2. ArF immersion scanner: A technology that increases resolution by filling the gap between the projection lens and the wafer with liquid, thereby increasing the effective lens diameter. 3. Introduced-strain high-mobility transistor: A technology that boosts current drive capacity by introducing localized stress into the transistor. 4. ELK multilayer wiring module: A multilayer copper wiring technology using interlayer Noun 1. interlayer - a layer placed between other layers layer, bed - single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance; "slices of hard-boiled egg on a bed of spinach" insulation films with low relative permittivity relative permittivity n. See permittivity. relative permittivity The ratio of the magnetic permittivity of a substance to the permittivity of a vacuum. . About Panasonic Best known by its Panasonic brand name, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products for a wide range of consumer, business, and industrial needs. Based in Osaka, Japan, the company recorded consolidated net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight of US$76.02 billion for the year ended March 31, 2006. The company's shares are listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MC) and Frankfurt(a) stock exchanges. For more information on the company and the Panasonic brand, visit the company's website at http://panasonic.net. (a) Matsushita delisted its shares from the Amsterdam Stock Exchange
The Amsterdam Stock Exchange is the former name for the stock exchange based in Amsterdam. in June 2006, and plans to complete delisting procedures for the Frankfurt Stock Exchange Frankfurt Stock Exchange The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. in August 2006. About Renesas Technology Corp. Renesas Technology Corp. is one of the world's leading semiconductor system solutions providers for mobile, automotive and PC/AV (Audio Visual) markets and the world's No.1 supplier of microcontrollers. It is also a leading provider of LCD Driver ICs, Smart Card microcontrollers, RF-ICs, High Power Amplifiers, Mixed Signal ICs, System-on-Chip (SoC), System-in-Package (SiP) and more. Established in 2003 as a joint venture between Hitachi, Ltd. (TOKYO:6501)(NYSE:HIT) and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503), Renesas Technology achieved consolidated revenue of 906 billion JPY JPY In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Japanese Yen. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. in FY2005 (end of March 2006). Renesas Technology is based in Tokyo, Japan and has a global network of manufacturing, design and sales operations in around 20 countries with about 26,200 employees worldwide. For further information, please visit http://www.renesas.com Names of other products, companies, and brands mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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