| fatslob-:O said: ...Really ? I wasn't expecting samsung's 14nm process node to match Intel's 14nm process node but I was assured that it's chip area scaling was 15% better than TSMC's 20nm or 16nm process node so relative to Intel's 14nm process node the size of samsung's transistors would be roughly 18.5nm so to speak. The reason why global foundries went to the trouble of licensing samsung's 14nm process node over their own 14nm process technology was because they could meet their customers demand on schedule while being able to produce chips at a marginally smaller size. This would literally put globalfoundries ahead of TSMC in semiconductor manufactoring technology by roughly 12 months due to the fact that they will have implemented FinFet technology first while having better chip area scaling too! Mass production is slated to be around early 2015 for global foundries. |
- From what I've seen elsewhere 15% scaling if you don't want ANY power or performance increase with that shrink. Also, it's compared to "a 20nm planar process" which doesn't actually exist. So the numbers are meaningless.
- Do NOT believe that timeline for Globalfoundries. Trust me, no production until 2016, definitely after TSMC.
