Samsung's 128Gb NAND flash is based on a 3-bit multi-level-cell design and 10nm-class process technology.
By applying the finer 20-nm-class process technology, the productivity of the chips is raised over 30 percent.
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Intel already has lead against AMD in terms of process technology and wants to maintain that.
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As interesting is that AMD accomplished this with the same 32nm SOI process technology as Llano at Globalfoundries.
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Combine it with power-efficient process technology, however, and it makes a great fit for mobile devices too, he asserts.
At CES, Smith points out, the company showed off the first phone chips built on 32 nm process technology.
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High-end servers, mostly based on 32-nm process technology, command premium prices because they offer better performance and lower power consumption.
In order to afford to be a process technology leader Intel needs to aggregate volume as Moore gets more expensive.
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The announcement comes as the Santa Clara, Calif-based processor company detailed its long-anticipated shift to so-called 22 nanometer process technology.
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Last month, the company unveiled a new process technology that will let it build chips with features just 22 nanometers wide.
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In the past Intel has first put its newest process technology to work in pricey server processors and chips for high-end gaming machines.
"We look forward to collaborating with Altera on manufacturing leading-edge FPGAs, leveraging Intel's leadership in process technology, " said Brian Krzanich, chief operating officer, Intel.
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Kepler is based on 28-nanometer (nm) process technology and succeeds the 40-nm NVIDIA Fermi architecture, which was first introduced into the market in March 2010.
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Based on Samsung's BSI low power process technology, the S5K3H2 is able to operate on 1.2 voltage levels enabling longer battery life for high-end mobile and smartphones.
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Using 32nm HKMG (High-K Metal Gate) process technology, the 1.7 GHz dual core Exynos 5 Dual brings unmatched performance to leading mobile devices while maintaining low power consumption.
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Shipments of 28-nanometer process technology more than doubled during the quarter and accounted for 13% of total wafer revenues. 40-nanometer accounted for 27% of total wafer revenues, and 65-nanometer was 22%.
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Intel also said it will hustle its Atom processors onto its most advanced process technology, putting it on track to build Atom processors with features just 14 nanometers wide in 2014.
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Intel is basically trying to get further ahead of AMD in terms of process technology and thus make most of the modest PC market growth in upcoming years in our view.
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Even if Apple turns to another manufacturer to build its chips, it will almost surely move past the 45 nanometer process technology to build the processors now found in the iPad and iPhone.
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While Intel has an edge in process technology, building chips with features just 45 nanometers wide, John Fruehe, worldwide business development manager at AMD asserted that AMD's server processors performed better, despite the gap.
The 20nm 64Gb NAND uses a planar cell structure -- the first in the industry -- to overcome the inherent difficulties that accompany advanced process technology, enabling performance and reliability on par with the previous 25nm generation.
Looking into the second quarter, Samsung expects to improve profitability in the chip business with a recovery in PC DRAM price and by expanding its new product category with mobile application processors based on 32 nanometer-class process technology.
Like all transformations, the one for Social Enterprise is part people, process and technology.
Among the topics discussed were approaches to increasing access to capital, ways to lower the barriers to markets, and policies that could simplify the process of technology transfer.
Intel may lead in process node technology and dominate the PC market, but a whole new crop of companies has arisen to rule in high mobility (smartphones, tablets, Ultrabooks).
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As recently as a month ago, journalists were asking me questions about whether Intel was just crushing everyone else in process node technology, leaving them three or four years behind.
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The complaint claimed that "Anheuser-Busch employs some of most sophisticated process control technology in the world to precisely monitor the alcohol content at the final stages of production, and then adds additional water to produce beers with significantly lower alcohol contents than is represented on the the labels".
Hersman's statements cast doubt on the safety of the battery technology and the FAA's certification process for approving technology.
The technology to be utilized is the Fischer Tropsch process, the same technology to be used to convert landfill gas to airline fuel for British Airways starting in 2014.
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