45 Nanometer - Technology Demos

Technology Demos

• In 2004, TSMC demonstrated a 0.296 square micrometer 45 nm SRAM cell. In 2008, TSMC moved on to a 40 nm process.
• In January 2006, Intel demonstrated a 0.346 square micrometers 45 nm node SRAM cell.
• In April 2006, AMD demonstrated a 0.370 square micrometer 45 nm SRAM cell.
• In June 2006, Texas Instruments debuted a 0.24 square micrometer 45 nm SRAM cell, with the help of immersion lithography.
• In November 2006, UMC announced that it had developed a 45 nm SRAM chip with a cell size of less than 0.25 square micrometer using immersion lithography and low-k dielectrics.
• In June 2007 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. started mass production of System-on-a-chip (SoC) for use in digital consumer equipment based on the 45-nm process technology.

The successors to 45 nm technology are 32 nm, 22 nm, and then 16 nm technologies.