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Watch out for the potholes and road bumps in 20nm design-September 27, 2011 |
As Moore’s Law continues to drive the semiconductor industry to smaller and faster transistors, 40nm chips are state-of-the-art, 32nm/28nm cores are right around the corner, and companies are now planning their 20nm flows, methodologies, and products. Foundries have been working tirelessly over the last few generations, adding new, sophisticated steps to the manufacturing process to prolong the power and performance scaling that has defined the semiconductor industry over the last 30 years.