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Semiconductor mass production at 28 nanometres starts development
Research into semiconductor mass production at 28 nanometres has been announced by Samsung.
A newly formed semiconductor research and development (R&D) centre has started investigating transistor structures and materials to develop sub-28 nanometre production.
Samsung Electronics has announced that technologies under research include three-dimensional transistors and extreme ultra violet lithography, in order to enable early access to leading-edge process equipment.
Mass production at 45 nanometres is already underway at Samsung Foundry, which is preparing for 32 and 28-nanometre production.
Semiconductor research at the centre will support the development of advanced process nodes in order to minimise power consumption but allow feature-rich devices to be used by designers "to create innovative next-generation mobile and high-performance system-on-a-chip devices", said Kinam Kim, executive vice-president and general manager of Samsung Electronics semiconductor R&D centre.
The company added that the new semiconductor research would complement advances made with the IBM Technology Alliance.
Sub-28 nanometre production would enable a larger number of transistors to be fitted on to an integrated circuit of the same size.
This is the principle governed by Moore s law, a theory which states that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit will approximately double every two years without the circuit needing to increase in size.
Samsung Electronics has announced that technologies under research include three-dimensional transistors and extreme ultra violet lithography, in order to enable early access to leading-edge process equipment.
Mass production at 45 nanometres is already underway at Samsung Foundry, which is preparing for 32 and 28-nanometre production.
Semiconductor research at the centre will support the development of advanced process nodes in order to minimise power consumption but allow feature-rich devices to be used by designers "to create innovative next-generation mobile and high-performance system-on-a-chip devices", said Kinam Kim, executive vice-president and general manager of Samsung Electronics semiconductor R&D centre.
The company added that the new semiconductor research would complement advances made with the IBM Technology Alliance.
Sub-28 nanometre production would enable a larger number of transistors to be fitted on to an integrated circuit of the same size.
This is the principle governed by Moore s law, a theory which states that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit will approximately double every two years without the circuit needing to increase in size.
