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180nm: with apologies to Oldsmobile, it's not your father's process-October 5, 2009 |
As much time as we spend here discussing the challenges of 40nm or the promises of 28nm, 180 must look like a typo. But in fact two announcements this week clearly show that 180nm processes are alive and well, albeit today as niche offerings rather than mainstream SoC processes. For some designers, 180 is still a geometry to migrate to, not a legacy to migrate from.