IBM/AMD Announce First Functional 22nm SRAM cell.
Posted 08/19/08 at 02:51:09 PM | by Chris Moody
Tom’s Hardware reports that IBM and its chip development partners (which includes AMD), revealed that they beat Intel in creating the first functional 22 nm SRAM cell. Unfortunately 22nm processors are still 3 years out. This will put the pressure on Intel to make sure it keeps its manufacturing lead. Intel presented its first 32 nm SRAM cell wafer last September and is not expected to show 22 nm SRAM cells for another year.
While for the foreseeable future it seems likely that Intel will remain on top in CPU performance, this announcement means that we could be looking at a shakeup within three years unless Intel starts cranking away in research. We can certainly hope for things to heat up in the processor wars again. We don’t want Intel to become complacent about it’s position in the market.

Yeah!
Submitted by n0t_a_n000b on Tue, 2008-08-19 15:05
Right now in the graphic card market it looks like Nvidia is making the AMD CPU mistake - much larger process. Let's hope AMD finally catches up to Intel in size (and speed) so we don't pay $5000 for something Nehalem that should only be $2500. Look at the graphic card market. A 8800 Ultra is only $50 less than an 4870 X2!
N0t a n00b
for everyone's information,
Submitted by AndyYankee17 on Tue, 2008-08-19 13:00
for everyone's information, an SRAM cell is 6 transitors total.
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