In 5nm and 7nm nodes, the source/drain contact area of the transistors is so small that the contact resistance threatens to result in suboptimal transistor functioning. Researchers have therefore been ...

Even as industry moves into the era of the high k metal gate (HKMG) and FinFET transistor, chipmakers continue to seek ways to improve device performance. One of the latest advances and the subject of ...

Intel revealed some details about the manufacturing advancements it's working on, more information will follow at next week's IDF. Intel's 32nm CPU process is now certified and Westmere CPU wafers are ...

The transition from finFET technology to Gate-All-Around (GAA) technology helps to reduce transistor variability and resume channel length scaling. It also brings several new challenges in terms of ...

Intel has unveiled technical breakthroughs that maintain a pipeline for the company’s future process roadmap, underscoring the continuation and evolution of Moore’s Law. At the 2023 IEEE International ...

Intel is in production with several 65-nm processors now, creating an inventory of commercial microprocessor products that will begin shipping early next year. At the IEDM conference, Intel showed die ...

X-FAB has added three new low-noise transistors to its 180nm process node: a 1.8 V low-noise NMOS, a 3.3 V low-noise NMOS and a 3.3 V low-noise PMOS – all of which offer drastically reduced flicker ...