Intel company already demonstrated the models of 0.045 m processor, after promising the series of production 0.045 m processors generation penryn in the second-half of 2007. AMD does not desire to lag behind the competitor, but therefore it is going to begin the production 0.045 m of processors in the middle of 2008, after reducing break in the graph of the mastery of technologies approximately to six months.
2 days ago AMD company reported in the official press release that it succeeded in in the collaboration with IBM , what technologies will be used with the production of 0.045 m processors. Basic update are two: the use of a deep ultraviolet with the wavelength 193 nm and interconnection with the ultralow value of dielectric constant (ultra-low- k).
The first update implies to the use of special liquid between the projecting lens and the silicic plate. This makes possible to improve and to increase definition, which positively affects the quality of the created micro-chip. The introduction of a immersion lithograph of such type within the 0.045 m technical process ensures an increase in the speed of the memory cell SRAM by 15%, as assert AMD and IBM.
The addition of interconnections with the ultralow value of dielectric constant makes possible to increase the operating speed of microprocessors and to reduce the level of energy consumption. , in addition, according to the estimations of developers, the introduction of this technology will make possible to increase the operating speed of chips to 15% in comparison with usual low- k dielectrics.
AMD and IBM assert that they succeeded in reaching the highest today speed for the semiconductor products, produced on 0.045 m technical process. More precisely saying, more appropriate would be said that AMD and IBM expect to reach such high indices with the production of 0.045 m products :-).
Let us note that the real processors can not use the entire potential of these improvements. In other words, series 0.045 m processors can not ensure increase in the speed by 30% in comparison with their technological analogs, produced without the use of those enumerated thecnologie.
More than a year ago AMD prolonged contract with IBM up to 2011, according to which the latter will help AMD to master new technological processes. It is expected that IBM and AMD can be prepared for the passage to 0.032 m and 0.022 m technical processes.