Tuesday, December 25, 2018

Intel 10 nm Logic Process Analysis (Cannon Lake) by TechInsight

[TechInsight, LINK] TechInsights has found the long-awaited Cannon Lake - the Intel 10 nm logic process inside the i3-8121U CPU, used in the Lenovo IdeaPad330.

 
This innovation boasts the following:

  • Logic transistor density of 100.8 mega transistors per mm2, increasing 10nm density 2.7X over the 14nm node
  • Utilizes third generation FinFET technology
  • Minimum gate pitch of Intel’s 10 nm process shrinks from 70 nm to 54 nm
  • Minimum metal pitch shrinks from 52 nm to 36 nm
Process Highlights:

  • Deepest scaled pitches of current 10 nm and upcoming 7 nm technologies
  • First Co metallization and Ru usage in BEOL
  • New self-aligned patterning schemes at contact and BEOL
Design Highlights:

  • Hyperscaling via 6.2-Track high density library
  • Contact on active gate (COAG) cell-level usage
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By Abhishekkumar Thakur

1 comment:

  1. Let's see when the 7-10 nm chips start to cough !

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