Europe moves towards the 0.18 m era
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The Esprit Adequat project now involves several European semiconductor manufacturing firms, as well as research groups. The initiative, considered to spearhead deep sub-microm CMOS processes since 1992, is understood to encompass Adequat+, which has attained 0.18 micrometer front-end CMOS processes and 0.25 micrometer processes for the back-end final layers of chips. Adequat+ is designed primarily to furnish scalability and evaluate impact of smaller design rules on electrical characteristics of devices. Adequat+ has also demonstrated the practicality of using 0.18 micrometer channel lengths in CMOS transistors, and has exhibited instruments operating from supply voltages down to 1.8V and low-voltage technologies for 0.25 micrometer transistors.
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Europe: Esprit Adequat project now involves several semiconductor manufacturing firms in the region, as well as research groups
Publication Name: Semiconductor International
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0163-3767
Year: 1998
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SGS-Thompson will construct 300 mm pilot line plant
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SGS-Thompson Microelectronics (STM) will build a research and development (R&D) 300 mm pilot line facility at its Crolles plant in Grenoble, France. The Crolles 2 investment, which will cost $500 million, is set to start in 1999 beside the present Crolles 1 facility. According to Joel Mannier, STM's VP and head of corporate R&D, the Crolles 2 plant will likely be used for the production of 120 nm and 100 nm chips. The Crolles 2 facility is expected to have 600 employees. The facility is expected to begin producing its first wafers in 2000.
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Will build a $500-million research and development 300 mm pilot line facility at its Crolles plant in Grenoble, France
Publication Name: Semiconductor International
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0163-3767
Year: 1998
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IBM to expand custom chip business
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IBM will allocate over $100 million on several innovations in a move to enhance its presence in the custom microchip industry. The computer giant assesses that the custom microchip business will grow from $21 billion in 1998 to $52 billion in 2002. The new initiatives will enable IBM to construct chips that can be used in a variety of products, such as digital cameras, set-top-boxes and high-techy computing systems. IBM's planned investment follows the other latest additions to the company' logic technology.
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Will allocate over $100 mil on several innovations in a move to enhance its presence in the custom microchip industry
Publication Name: Semiconductor International
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0163-3767
Year: 1998
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