Why Maturity and Cost Make 180nm the 'hot node' again
December 15, 2010
Oscar Wilde in his 1889 essay ‘The Decay of Lying’ said that ‘Life imitates Art far more than Art imitates Life’. I do not know about art but from my perspective as a semiconductor industry professional I can say that a technology node does imitate life. Just as a person goes through various different roles in life through the ages, so does a process technology node. As exhibit A, I present the humble 180nm technology node, the work-horse of the semiconductor industry. Think it’s a ‘has been’ node? Think again: it’s powering key features in hot new smart mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets with more than the cutting-edge nodes.
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