Intel’s new fab
January 28, 2007
Until now Moore’s law could be satisfied by using same old materials for making the transistor : silicon.
Well now things changed: transistors are becoming metallic.
The gates will be made from a metal named Hafnium ( a High-K dielectric).
This will allow reduction of power with 80% or increase in speed of up to 40%.
The new 45 nm chips will be available this year.
Blog news:
http://scobleizer.com/2007/01/26/looking-into-intels-new-fab/
