IBM to roll out new CMOS chipsEats Fishkill 11 December 2000 IBM has launched production of new microchips for servers, communications gear and pervasive computing products. The new technology, named CMOS 9S, unites copper wiring, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) transistors and improved, low-k dielectric insulation to build chip circuits as small as 0.13 microns.
The smaller circuitry and improved materials can pack more
processing power on a single chip, helping electronic products from
computers to cell phones support new, performance-hungry applications
like speech recognition, fingerprint authentication and wireless
video.
A variety of chips are already in pilot production using IBM's new
manufacturing technique, with first customer shipments planned for
early 2001.
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