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Intel Completes 0.13 Micron Process Technology Development

Hmm. I hope AMD switches to .13um before Intel does, for their sake. 😛
 
and they called it tulatin(spelling?) aka the P3 on .13🙂 i bet we see mobile celerons/P3's @.13 long before a desktop chip ships...

then again we have the dark horse.. itanium... which might very well publically debut @.13
 
supposedly late Q2 2001, i wouldn't be surprised if a CPU was the first readily availible product built on .13🙂 thinkin NV20?
 
When going to new processes, almost always Intel starts with mobile processors. Example - Intel was doing 400MHz mobile Pentiums on 0.18 nearly 1 1/2 years ago.

AMD's got the designs, but when it comes to manufacturing, Intel has the lead by a good ways.
 
This situation is interesting because AMD may have more of an advantage than that article actually suggests.

Intel's process is reliant on new 193 nm lithography equipment - such equipment is not expected to be generally available until at least late next year, and possibly early 2002.

AMD's process is compatible with their existing 248 nm equipment - the less sophisticated equipment does mean that Intel has the advantage of smaller transistors and thinner interconnects, but AMD does not have to wait for new equipment to become available before ramping production.

AMD's process however is more sophisticated - in particular, they have a considerably better dielectric (k<=3.0, compared to Intel's k=3.6). Whether AMD can successfully ramp this process with a radically new dielectric remains to be seen.
 


<< Intel's process is reliant on new 193 nm lithography equipment - such equipment is not expected to be generally available until at least late next year, and possibly early 2002. >>

Might the key words here be generally available? What if Intel happens to be working with the lith equipment manufacturer as a co-developer? 😉
 
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