Product category: Analogue and Mixed Signal ICs
News Release from: Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 10 March 2005
Advanced 65nm CMOS process comes on
stream
Texas Instruments is delivering fully functional wireless digital baseband devices from its advanced 65nm CMOS process technology.
Texas Instruments is delivering fully functional wireless digital baseband devices from its advanced 65nm CMOS process technology The announcement fulfils TI's commitment made one year ago when it disclosed details of the 65nm process and techniques to shrink the 90nm design area by half, leverage strained-silicon to boost transistor performance by 40%, and reduce leakage power from idle transistors by a factor of 1000
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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