The 45-nm process is based on technology licensed from IBM. Applications for the additional processes are much the same as for the original 45-nm process and include multimedia products, graphics chips, chipsets, and mobile devices such as handsets integrated with 3G/4G.
When the additional nodes would become available was not disclosed. Nor was it said when SMIC would implement low-leakage versions of the process to complement a general-purpose process, which the 45-nm node is reported to be.
SMIC extends 45nm process to 40nm and 55nm
Posted on Saturday, October 17 2009 @ 0:28 CEST by Thomas De MaesschalckEE Times reports SMIC announced plans to extend its 45nm bulk CMOS to 40nm and 55nm geometries:
