As we all know, this year, Intel will begin production of chips using 10-nm process technology. This will happen in the fall. Intel Competitors - Samsung and TSMC - currently started commercial production of 10-nm semiconductors. According to Intel representatives , competing 10-nm process technology are inferior .
The real 10-nm process technology will be offered by Intel, although it can not be called a pure 10-nm. Step, which placed gates 10-nm transistors Intel process technology, is 54 nm. For the 14-nm process Intel valves arranged in increments of 70 nm. But this is not important, the company said, the main thing is that with the transition to 14-nm process technology to 10-nm transistor density increases substantially.
For example, a standard size type SRAM memory cell will be reduced by 46%. This will increase the number of transistors in the composition of processors without increasing the chip area. In fact, the transition to 10-nm process technology company pursues other main goal than before. Instead, the growth performance of transistors, as a key element processors to Intel's main purpose is to enhance the energy efficiency of processors. This, in particular, will be achieved by increasing the number of transistors on a chip and, eventually, will lead to an increase in productivity.
Start of production 10-nm solutions for the Intel company will mean the continuation of Moore's Law. Moore's law - this is the lighthouse, which is convenient to navigate everything from developers and ending with marketing specialists. With the introduction of 10-nm solutions it will be a little tinkering and finds confirmation in practice in the form of two generations of 10-nm process technology 10 nm and 10 nm + ++.