TSMC to Commercailly produce 28nm Q411

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Anton Shilov, TSMC Reaffirms Plans to Ship 28nm Chips Commercially in Q4; TSMC: 2% - 3% of Q4 2011 Revenue Will Be for 28nm Products. Xbit Laboratories, Feb 1, 2011.
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/display/20110201212245_TSMC_Reaffirms_Plans_to_Ship_28nm_Chips_Commercially_in_Q4.html


Note:
(a) Cade Metz, AMD, GlobalFoundries, and the Intel Gap Not Closing. The Register, July 30, 2010.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/30/global_foundries_on_32nm_chip_manufacturing_process/
("Intel introduced its first 32nm processors this past January, with the arrival of its 'Westmere' Xeons, and GlobalFoundries now tells us it's scheduled to deliver 32nm chips by the middle of next year")

(i) Xeon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeon
("Gulftown or Westmere-EP, a six-core 32 nm Westmere-based processor, is the basis for the Xeon 36xx and 56xx series and the Core i7-980X. It launched in the first quarter of 2010")

(ii) Click "WEstmere" in the above quote and one reach

Nehalem (microarchitecture)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehalem_(microarchitecture)
(section 7 Successor: "The successor to Nehalem and Westmere is Sandy Bridge." Take a look at the graphic that follows this sentence, in section 7, which indicates both Westmere and Sandy Bridge--and nothing else--are of 32nm.)

(b) Theo Valich, Intel says no to 28nm, focuses on 22nm: Ivy Bridge/Haswell & Larrabee. Bright Side of News (BSN), Apr 16, 2009.
http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/4/16/intel-says-no-to-28nm2c-focuses-on-22nm-ivy-bridgehaswell--larrabee.aspx

My comment: Other than the title, there is no need to read the report.

(c) On Jan 31, 2011, Intel initiated the largest recall in the corporate history, of all Sandy Bridgfe chipsets, that was expected to cost $1 billion.


-------------------------Separately
Etsuo Kono, Japan-Taiwan tie-up ready to fight / Chipmaker partnership aims for survival against South Korean giants. Yomiuri Shimbun, Feb 2, 2011.
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T110201004694.htm

My comment:
(a) Essentially Powerchip of Taiwan turns into a foundry--or a contractor.
(b) Japanese surname Kono: 河野
(c) "Elpida is a Greek word which means 'hope.'"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elpida  



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