Toward Gate-Last Metal Gate?

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(1) Latest news first.
(a) Richard Swinburne, IBM and GlobalFoundries go Gate-Last for 20nm. bit-tech.net, Jan 20, 2011.
http://www.bit-tech.net/news/hardware/2011/01/20/ibm-and-globalfoundries-go-gate-last-for-20/1

(b) Joel Hruska, IBM, GlobalFoundries Flipflop On 20nm Production Technology
http://hothardware.com/News/IBM-GlobalFoundries-Flipflop-On-20nm-Production-Technology-/

Summary: IBM and Globalfoundires insists on gate first for 32/28nm but will move to gate last for 22/20nm, the latter being the approach Intel and TSMC have taken for the past several years. Please read (1) at least.

(2) Peter Clarke, GlobalFoundries opens for 28-nm business. EETimes, Jan 13, 2011.
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4212171/GlobalFoundries-opens-for-28-nm-business
(gate-first high-k metal gate)

(3) Fuad Abazovic, Why AMD chose TSMC for its 28 nm graphics. Fusion, Jan 20, 2011.
http://www.fudzilla.com/home/item/21606-why-amd-chose-tsmc-for-its-28-nm-graphics


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(1) Acer: Won't Phase Out Netbook, Notebook Production. Dow Jones News Wires, Jan 19, 2011.
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Acer is the largest maker of netbooks OR notebooks in the world. The announcement, to refute an AP report, was made Thrusday in Taiwan.

(2) TSMC First Pure-Play Foundry to Join Top-10 R&D Spenders. IC Insights, Jan 13, 2011.
http://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/TSMC-First-PurePlay-Foundry-To-Join-Top10-RD-Spenders/

(3) Hiroko Tabuchi, Leading in 3-D TV, Breaking Japan’s Glass Ceiling. New Yok Times, Jan 18, 2011.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/business/global/18screen.html

Note: Rieko FUKUSHIMA 福島 理恵子

Quote:

"But Mrs. Fukushima proposed a new approach: developing an algorithm that draws on a Toshiba imaging processor called the Cell to display nine images for each frame. A sheet on the screen angles each image so that the right eye sees only images meant for the right eye, while the left eye sees only images meant for the left eye.

"The biggest challenge was making a TV that displays 3-D images even when viewed from wider angles. Toshiba has not entirely solved that problem: its TVs work best when viewed from within a 40-degree zone.

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