Posted on Tuesday, August 30 2011 @ 23:20 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
FUD Zilla
writes GlobalFoundries taped out its first 20nm test chips:
Globalfoundries announced a successful tape out of 20nm test chips and that it is ready for customers to start evaluating their 20nm designs.
Of course, it will take some time before we see actual 20nm products hit the market. The new process requires extensive retooling and requires a lot of cooperation with foundry partners. Glofo is collaborating with EDA vendors on the new process and it believes the tape out is a major milestone.
