Article: 22nm Design Challenges at ISSCC 2011
By: Dean Kent (dkent.delete@this.realworldtech.com), March 15, 2011 7:16 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
Linus Torvalds (torvalds@linux-foundation.org) on 3/14/11 wrote:
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>Daniel Bizo (dbizo@idc.com) on 3/14/11 wrote:
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>>A conclusion not articulated by the article itself is that the IDM model becomes
>>even more desirable for those who can economically afford and sustain it. Chip
>>desingers which can keep financing cutting edge process R&D and manufacturing will
>>increasingly levarage the integrated model unless they badly screw up on the architectural side.
>
>Well, the other side of that is the question about what
>happens when shrinking ends. Oh, I'm sure that process
>tweaking will go on for a long time (new materials, new
>tricks like straining, etc etc), but the advantages will
>likely not be as stunning.
>
Not sure how soon, or how practical, the technology is, but take a look at the news item I posted this morning on 'spintronics' which allegedly could improve power and speed without having to shrink the transistors - effectively doubling the capacity in the same process size.
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>Daniel Bizo (dbizo@idc.com) on 3/14/11 wrote:
>>
>>A conclusion not articulated by the article itself is that the IDM model becomes
>>even more desirable for those who can economically afford and sustain it. Chip
>>desingers which can keep financing cutting edge process R&D and manufacturing will
>>increasingly levarage the integrated model unless they badly screw up on the architectural side.
>
>Well, the other side of that is the question about what
>happens when shrinking ends. Oh, I'm sure that process
>tweaking will go on for a long time (new materials, new
>tricks like straining, etc etc), but the advantages will
>likely not be as stunning.
>
Not sure how soon, or how practical, the technology is, but take a look at the news item I posted this morning on 'spintronics' which allegedly could improve power and speed without having to shrink the transistors - effectively doubling the capacity in the same process size.
| Topic | Posted By | Date |
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| Design Challenges at 22nm Article | David Kanter | 2011/03/14 12:36 AM |
| Design Challenges at 22nm Article | Dean Calver | 2011/03/14 01:06 AM |
| Design Challenges at 22nm Article | David Kanter | 2011/03/14 08:06 PM |
| Design Challenges at 22nm Article | savantu | 2011/03/15 04:25 AM |
| Roots of this problem go way back. | someone | 2011/03/14 06:00 AM |
| Education | Moritz | 2011/03/15 03:42 AM |
| Education | someone | 2011/03/15 06:26 AM |
| Education | Moritz | 2011/03/15 11:44 AM |
| Education | sylt | 2011/03/18 09:31 AM |
| Roots of this problem go way back. | Rob Thorpe | 2011/03/15 05:25 AM |
| Roots of this problem go way back. | someone | 2011/03/15 06:20 AM |
| Roots of this problem go way back. | Nathan Monson | 2011/03/15 08:17 AM |
| Roots of this problem go way back. | mpx | 2011/03/15 11:55 AM |
| Roots of this problem go way back. | Mark Roulo | 2011/03/15 01:34 PM |
| Roots of this problem go way back. | Rob Thorpe | 2011/03/15 03:42 PM |
| Roots of this problem go way back. | Paul | 2011/03/15 04:03 PM |
| Roots of this problem go way back. | Dean Kent | 2011/03/15 07:11 AM |
| Design Challenges at 22nm Article | Daniel Bizo | 2011/03/14 06:06 AM |
| Design Challenges at 22nm Article | Linus Torvalds | 2011/03/14 08:48 AM |
| Design Challenges at 22nm Article | David Kanter | 2011/03/14 08:20 PM |
| Design Challenges at 22nm Article | Dean Kent | 2011/03/15 07:16 AM |
| Design Challenges at 22nm Article | David Kanter | 2011/03/14 09:05 AM |
| Could you elaborate? | Daniel Bizó | 2011/03/16 05:43 AM |
| IDM trade offs | David Kanter | 2011/03/16 09:54 AM |
| Design Challenges at 22nm Article | Tianyi | 2012/10/17 11:24 PM |