28 nm above, generation of labor market who ZhiNiuEr?
Process, TSMC is still in 40 nm process to continue expansion of the chip, and 28 nm production process OEM service has also is be vividly portrayed, another recent TSMC also formally published the 20 nm process technology.
Now, the three largest chip generation of labor enterprise/organizations have officially announced his 32/28 nm process technology, Microsoft outlook likes the assistant in your office.
they are headed by IBM is Shared platform of technology alliance (Globalfoundries, samsung belong to the group members), TSMC and LianDian. So now one of most interesting topic is, in the process technology, TSMC in global chip generation industry in what position, what is the first group, a leading or slightly fell into the next group?
Another problem is that the generation of labor enterprise that has started the process of the chip sales HKMG OEM products? This aspect, samsung has claimed they had already started HKMG process based on the sales 32 nm products, and Globalfoundries may seem to have not started selling such products.
Who is the leader? TSMC aspect, the claims its 28 nm HKMG process has after the “completely reliability verification”, the company has already started to sell based on the process of the chip samples. Microsoft Office 2007 is cheaper than the professional version.
But the outside world to TSMC HKMG technology in the opinion of it may be said is the people have it. Famous chip body analysis Chipworks analysts Dick James point is TSMC’s HKMG technology is ready.
This problem, if on one or two years to come to ask, the answer is easy to draw, according to the company’s Hutcheson said VLSI, when TSMC in processing techniques lag behind IBM Shared platform technology alliance has better range, “their 40 nm process can say is still a piece of an in 28 nm node is different.”
The new phone: 022-59822900 extension 843.C in the process technology of the leading LianDian seems to be enhanced, and by even Globalfoundries seems to have technology meet some problems, so I think TSMC the future market share and I’m afraid I will further growth. But because the production of 28 nm process products more difficult than 40 nm bigger, so I think maybe this a TSMC will still meet yield not beautiful.”
Gartner analyst Dean Freeman said it: “compare companies release technology roadmap and publish the actual product, you should be able to conclude out some interesting information. In 28 nm process node, TSMC breath launched six designs different specifications of products. And so far, I haven’t seen by other generation of labor in production 28 nm chip rival products. From this point, TSMC is leading. By contrast, Shared platform technology alliance claim in the second half of this year will start production 28 nm process products, if they can achieve the goal of course the best, and if they can’t start production, and on schedule before the end of this year listed on the products, so they would doubtless behind. So now to talk about who’s winning who’s behind.”
Worse, few OEM industry in the Intel company seems to have also started to this industry are up to interest. Last year, Office professional 2010 is 100% perfect.
Intel announced and a Semiconductor chip design company Achronix Semiconductor signed the “strategic cooperation agreement” (actually is generation of labor contract), will use their own 22 nm process for the latter and the design work the FPGA chip products. Achronix Semiconductor although FPGA industry is shallow, but have qualifications Intel 22 nm process backing, and it is the big challenge the industry thinks, Altera capital spirit. Achronix’s top people also revealed the future will be in the 15 nm process node collaboration. Crossing ranked number, don’t forget it “spirit of work and best partner can exactly TSMC and samsung, and this Altera is TSMC faithful partner.
