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Briefing
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- Silicon Nanosheet Transistors – IBM, with research alliance partners GlobalFoundries and Samsung, developed new process for silicon nanosheet transistors enabling production of five nanometer (nm) chips
- Supporting Technology – Uses Extreme Ultraviolet Litography (EUV) approach, same technology as seven nm chips, which allows continuous manipulation of nanosheet width, enabling power and performance optimization for specific circuits
- Five Nanometer Chip Significance – Nanosheet-based five nm chip technology can deliver 40% better performance at fixed power, or 75 percent power savings at matched performance, compared to 10 nm technology available commercially
- Potential Applications – Processors built using new technology expected by 2019, cutting expenses for manufacturing self driving-cars, enabling faster 5G network connectivity, allowing longer-lasting smartphone batteries, and accelerating development of next-generation IoT, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality devices and applications
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