"CHIPS:TI reveals details of 45-nm process"

The first 45-nanometer chip to be designed by Texas Instruments, and fabricated by a foundry, uses new processing technology never before revealed by TI. The design details of the 45-nanometer process used to lower power by 63 percent and increase performance by 55 percent, compared with its 65-nanometer process, will be revealed Tuesday (Feb. 5) by TI at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference here. Now that TI is sampling its first 3.5G baseband and multimedia processor using its 45-nm process, the company will reveal how strained silicon, immersion lithography and ultra-low K dielectrics enabled it to double the number of chips produced on each 45-nm silicon wafer, while simultaneously achieving its lower power and higher performance goals. The 3.5G baseband processor is used by OEMs to create smaller, lower profile, portable 3.5G devices, such as mobile handsets, with advanced multimedia functionality--including high-definition video playback, longer video recording and multitasking--without reducing the battery life.
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