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Listed are many semiconductor scale examples for various metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, or MOS transistor)
semiconductor manufacturing process Semiconductor device fabrication is the process used to manufacture semiconductor devices, typically integrated circuit (IC) chips such as modern computer processors, microcontrollers, and memory chips such as NAND flash and DRAM that are pre ...
nodes.


Timeline of MOSFET demonstrations


PMOS and NMOS


CMOS (single-gate)


Multi-gate MOSFET (MuGFET)


Other types of MOSFET


Commercial products using micro-scale MOSFETs


Products featuring 20 μm manufacturing process

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RCA The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded as the Radio Corporation of America in 1919. It was initially a patent trust owned by General Electric (GE), Westinghouse, AT&T Corporation and United Fruit Com ...
's
CD4000 The 4000 series is a CMOS logic family of integrated circuits (ICs) first introduced in 1968 by RCA. It had a supply voltage range of 5V to 20V, which is much wider than any contemporary logic family. Almost all IC manufacturers active during th ...
series of integrated circuits (ICs) beginning in 1968.


Products featuring 10 μm manufacturing process

* Intel 4004, the first single-chip microprocessor
CPU A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry that executes instructions comprising a computer program. The CPU performs basic arithmetic, logic, controlling, a ...
, launched in 1971. * Intel 8008 CPU launched in 1972. *
MOS Technology 6502 The MOS Technology 6502 (typically pronounced "sixty-five-oh-two" or "six-five-oh-two") William Mensch and the moderator both pronounce the 6502 microprocessor as ''"sixty-five-oh-two"''. is an 8-bit microprocessor that was designed by a small te ...
1 MHz CPU launched in 1975 (8 μm).


Products featuring 8 μm manufacturing process

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Intel 1103 The 1103 is a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) integrated circuit (IC) developed and fabricated by Intel. Introduced in October 1970, the 1103 was the first commercially available DRAM IC; and due to its small physical size and low price relat ...
, an early dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chip launched in 1970.


Products featuring 6 μm manufacturing process

* Toshiba TLCS-12, a microprocessor developed for the
Ford EEC The Ford EEC or Electronic Engine Control is a series of ECU (or Engine Control Unit) that was designed and built by Ford Motor Company. The first system, EEC I, used processors and components developed by Toshiba in 1973. It began production in 19 ...
(Electronic Engine Control) system in 1973. *
Intel 8080 The Intel 8080 (''"eighty-eighty"'') is the second 8-bit microprocessor designed and manufactured by Intel. It first appeared in April 1974 and is an extended and enhanced variant of the earlier 8008 design, although without binary compatibil ...
CPU A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry that executes instructions comprising a computer program. The CPU performs basic arithmetic, logic, controlling, a ...
launched in 1974 was manufactured using this process. * The Television Interface Adaptor, the custom graphics and audio chip developed for the
Atari 2600 The Atari 2600, initially branded as the Atari Video Computer System (Atari VCS) from its release until November 1982, is a home video game console developed and produced by Atari, Inc. Released in September 1977, it popularized microprocesso ...
in 1977. *
MOS Technology SID The MOS Technology 6581/8580 SID (Sound Interface Device) is the built-in programmable sound generator chip of Commodore's CBM-II, Commodore 64, Commodore 128 and Commodore MAX Machine home computers. It was one of the first sound chips of it ...
, a programmable sound generator developed for the
Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in ...
in 1982. * MOS Technology VIC-II, a video display controller developed for the
Commodore 64 The Commodore 64, also known as the C64, is an 8-bit computing, 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, January 7–10, 1982, in Las Vegas). It has been listed in ...
in 1982 (5 μm).


Products featuring 3 μm manufacturing process

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Intel 8085 The Intel 8085 ("''eighty-eighty-five''") is an 8-bit microprocessor produced by Intel and introduced in March 1976. It is software-binary compatible with the more-famous Intel 8080 with only two minor instructions added to support its added in ...
CPU launched in 1976. * Intel 8086 CPU launched in 1978. *
Intel 8088 The Intel 8088 ("''eighty-eighty-eight''", also called iAPX 88) microprocessor is a variant of the Intel 8086. Introduced on June 1, 1979, the 8088 has an eight-bit external data bus instead of the 16-bit bus of the 8086. The 16-bit registers and ...
CPU launched in 1979. *
Motorola 68000 The Motorola 68000 (sometimes shortened to Motorola 68k or m68k and usually pronounced "sixty-eight-thousand") is a 16/32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessor, introduced in 1979 by Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector ...
8 MHz CPU launched in 1979 (3.5 μm).


Products featuring 1.5 μm manufacturing process

* NEC's 64 kb SRAM memory chip in 1981. * Intel 80286
CPU A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry that executes instructions comprising a computer program. The CPU performs basic arithmetic, logic, controlling, a ...
launched in 1982. * The
Amiga Advanced Graphics Architecture Amiga Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA) is the third-generation Amiga graphic chipset, first used in the Amiga 4000 in 1992. Before release AGA was codenamed Pandora by Commodore International. AGA was originally called AA for Advanced Archit ...
(initially sold in 1992) included chips such as Denise that were manufactured using a 1.5 μm
CMOS Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS, pronounced "sea-moss", ) is a type of metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) fabrication process that uses complementary and symmetrical pairs of p-type and n-type MOSF ...
process.


Products featuring 1 μm manufacturing process

* NTT's
DRAM Dynamic random-access memory (dynamic RAM or DRAM) is a type of random-access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a memory cell, usually consisting of a tiny capacitor and a transistor, both typically based on metal-oxi ...
memory chips, including its 64 kb chip in 1979 and 256kb chip in 1980. * NEC's 1 Mb DRAM memory chip in 1984. *
Intel 80386 The Intel 386, originally released as 80386 and later renamed i386, is a 32-bit microprocessor introduced in 1985. The first versions had 275,000 transistorsNTT's 1Mb DRAM memory chip in 1984. * NEC and Toshiba used this process for their 4Mb DRAM memory chips in 1986. *
Hitachi () is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group (''Hitachi Gurūpu'') and had formed part of the Nissan ''zaibatsu'' and later DKB Group and Fuyo G ...
, IBM, Matsushita and Mitsubishi Electric used this process for their 4Mb DRAM memory chips in 1987. * Toshiba's 4Mb EPROM memory chip in 1987. * Hitachi, Mitsubishi and Toshiba used this process for their 1Mb SRAM memory chips in 1987. * Intel 486
CPU A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry that executes instructions comprising a computer program. The CPU performs basic arithmetic, logic, controlling, a ...
launched in 1989. * microSPARC I launched in 1992. * First Intel P5 Pentium CPUs at 60 MHz and 66 MHz launched in 1993.


Products featuring 600 nm manufacturing process

* Mitsubishi Electric, Toshiba and NEC introduced 16Mb DRAM memory chips manufactured with a 600nm process in 1989. * NEC's 16Mb EPROM memory chip in 1990. * Mitsubishi's 16Mb flash memory chip in 1991. *
Intel 80486DX4 IntelDX4 is a clock-tripled i486 microprocessor with 16-kB Level 1 cache.http://www.pld.ttu.ee/~prj/486dev.pdf Intel named it DX4 (rather than ''DX3'') as a consequence of litigation with AMD over trademarks. The product was officially na ...
CPU A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry that executes instructions comprising a computer program. The CPU performs basic arithmetic, logic, controlling, a ...
launched in 1994. * IBM/ Motorola PowerPC 601, the first PowerPC chip, was produced in 0.6 μm. * Intel Pentium CPUs at 75 MHz, 90 MHz and 100 MHz.


Products featuring 350 nm manufacturing process

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Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
's 16Mb SRAM memory chip in 1994. * NEC VR4300 (1995), used in the Nintendo 64 game console. * Intel Pentium Pro (1995), Pentium ( P54CS, 1995), and initial Pentium II
CPU A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry that executes instructions comprising a computer program. The CPU performs basic arithmetic, logic, controlling, a ...
s ( Klamath, 1997). *
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While it initially manufact ...
K5 (1996) and original
AMD K6 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While it initially manufact ...
(Model 6, 1997) CPUs. * Parallax Propeller, 8 core microcontroller.


Products featuring 250 nm manufacturing process

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Hitachi () is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group (''Hitachi Gurūpu'') and had formed part of the Nissan ''zaibatsu'' and later DKB Group and Fuyo G ...
's 16Mb SRAM memory chip in 1993. *
Hitachi () is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. It is the parent company of the Hitachi Group (''Hitachi Gurūpu'') and had formed part of the Nissan ''zaibatsu'' and later DKB Group and Fuyo G ...
and NEC introduced 256Mb DRAM memory chips manufactured with this process in 1993, followed by Matsushita, Mitsubishi Electric and Oki in 1994. * NEC's 1 Gb DRAM memory chip in 1995. * Hitachi's 128Mb NAND flash memory chip in 1996. * DEC Alpha 21264A, which was made commercially available in 1999. *
AMD K6-2 The K6-2 is an x86 microprocessor introduced by AMD on May 28, 1998, and available in speeds ranging from 266 to 550 MHz. An enhancement of the original K6, the K6-2 introduced AMD's 3DNow! SIMD instruction set, featured a larger 64  KiB ...
''Chomper'' and ''Chomper Extended''. Chomper was released on May 28, 1998. *
AMD K6-III The K6-III (code name: "Sharptooth") was an x86 microprocessor line manufactured by AMD that launched on February 22, 1999. The launch consisted of both 400 and 450 MHz models and was based on the preceding K6-2 architecture. Its improved 2 ...
"Sharptooth" used 250 nm. * Mobile Pentium MMX '' Tillamook'', released in August 1997. * Pentium II '' Deschutes''. * Dreamcast console's
Hitachi SH-4 SuperH (or SH) is a 32-bit reduced instruction set computing (RISC) instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Hitachi and currently produced by Renesas. It is implemented by microcontrollers and microprocessors for embedded systems. At the ...
CPU and PowerVR2 GPU, released in 1998. *
Pentium III The Pentium III (marketed as Intel Pentium III Processor, informally PIII or P3) brand refers to Intel's 32-bit x86 desktop and mobile CPUs based on the sixth-generation P6 microarchitecture introduced on February 28, 1999. The brand's initia ...
'' Katmai''. * Initial
PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia o ...
's Emotion Engine CPU.


Processors using 180 nm manufacturing technology

* Intel Coppermine E- October 1999 * Sony
PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia o ...
console's Emotion Engine and
Graphics Synthesizer The PlayStation 2 technical specifications describe the various components of the PlayStation 2 (PS2) video game console. Overview The sixth-generation hardware of the PlayStation 2 video game console consists of various components. At the ...
– March 2000 *
ATI Ati or ATI may refer to: * Ati people, a Negrito ethnic group in the Philippines **Ati language (Philippines), the language spoken by this people group ** Ati-Atihan festival, an annual celebration held in the Philippines *Ati language (China), a ...
Radeon R100 and RV100 Radeon 7000 – 2000 *
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While it initially manufact ...
Athlon Thunderbird Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of x86-compatible microprocessors designed and manufactured by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The original Athlon (now called Athlon Classic) was the first seventh-generation x86 processor and the f ...
– June 2000 * Intel Celeron (Willamette) – May 2002 * Motorola PowerPC 7445 and 7455 (Apollo 6) – January 2002


Processors using 130 nm manufacturing technology

* Fujitsu
SPARC64 V The SPARC64 V (''Zeus'') is a SPARC V9 microprocessor designed by Fujitsu. The SPARC64 V was the basis for a series of successive processors designed for servers, and later, supercomputers. The servers series are the SPARC64 V+, VI, VI+, VII, V ...
– 2001 *
Gekko ''Gekko'' is a genus of Southeast Asian geckos, commonly known as true geckos or calling geckos, in the family Gekkonidae. Although species such as '' Gekko gecko'' (tokay gecko) are very widespread and common, some species in the same genus h ...
by IBM and Nintendo (
GameCube The is a home video game console developed and released by Nintendo in Japan on September 14, 2001, in North America on November 18, 2001, and in PAL territories in 2002. It is the successor to the Nintendo 64 (1996), and predecessor of the Wi ...
console) – 2001 * Motorola PowerPC 7447 and 7457 – 2002 * IBM PowerPC G5 970 – October 2002 – June 2003 * Intel
Pentium III The Pentium III (marketed as Intel Pentium III Processor, informally PIII or P3) brand refers to Intel's 32-bit x86 desktop and mobile CPUs based on the sixth-generation P6 microarchitecture introduced on February 28, 1999. The brand's initia ...
Tualatin and Coppermine – 2001-04 * Intel
Celeron Celeron is Intel's brand name for low-end IA-32 and x86-64 computer microprocessor models targeted at low-cost personal computers. Celeron processors are compatible with IA-32 software. They typically offer less performance per clock speed comp ...
Tualatin-256 – 2001-10-02 * Intel
Pentium M The Pentium M is a family of mobile 32-bit single-core x86 microprocessors (with the modified Intel P6 microarchitecture) introduced in March 2003 and forming a part of the Intel Carmel notebook platform under the then new Centrino brand. The ...
Banias Banias or Banyas ( ar, بانياس الحولة; he, בניאס, label=Modern Hebrew; Judeo-Aramaic, Medieval Hebrew: פמייס, etc.; grc, Πανεάς) is a site in the Golan Heights near a natural spring, once associated with the Greek g ...
– 2003-03-12 * Intel Pentium 4 Northwood- 2002-01-07 * Intel
Celeron Celeron is Intel's brand name for low-end IA-32 and x86-64 computer microprocessor models targeted at low-cost personal computers. Celeron processors are compatible with IA-32 software. They typically offer less performance per clock speed comp ...
Northwood-128 – 2002-09-18 * Intel
Xeon Xeon ( ) is a brand of x86 microprocessors designed, manufactured, and marketed by Intel, targeted at the non-consumer workstation, server, and embedded system markets. It was introduced in June 1998. Xeon processors are based on the same arc ...
Prestonia and Gallatin – 2002-02-25 *
VIA C3 The VIA C3 is a family of x86 central processing units for personal computers designed by Centaur Technology and sold by VIA Technologies. The different CPU cores are built following the design methodology of Centaur Technology. In addition to ...
– 2001 * AMD
Athlon XP Athlon is the brand name applied to a series of x86-compatible microprocessors designed and manufactured by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). The original Athlon (now called Athlon Classic) was the first seventh-generation x86 processor and the fi ...
Thoroughbred, Thorton, and Barton * AMD Athlon MP Thoroughbred – 2002-08-27 * AMD Athlon XP-M Thoroughbred, Barton, and Dublin * AMD
Duron Duron is a line of budget x86-compatible microprocessors manufactured by AMD. Released on June 19, 2000 as a lower-cost offering to complement AMD's then mainstream performance Athlon processor line, it also competed with rival chipmaker In ...
Applebred – 2003-08-21 * AMD K7 Sempron Thoroughbred-B, Thorton, and Barton – 2004-07-28 * AMD K8 Sempron Paris – 2004-07-28 * AMD
Athlon 64 The Athlon 64 is a ninth-generation, AMD64-architecture microprocessor produced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), released on September 23, 2003. It is the third processor to bear the name ''Athlon'', and the immediate successor to the Athlon XP. T ...
Clawhammer and Newcastle – 2003-09-23 * AMD Opteron Sledgehammer – 2003-06-30 * Elbrus 2000 1891ВМ4Я (1891VM4YA) – 2008-04-2

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MCST-R500S The MCST R500S (russian: МЦСТ R500S) is a 32-bit system-on-a-chip, developed by Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies (MCST) and fabricated by TSMC. MCST R500S Highlights *implements the SPARC V8 instruction set architecture (ISA) *dual-core *t ...
1891BM3 – 2008-07-2

* Vortex 86SX �


Commercial products using nano-scale MOSFETs


Chips using 90 nm manufacturing technology

* Sony–Toshiba Emotion Engine+ PlayStation 2 technical specifications, Graphics Synthesizer (
PlayStation 2 The PlayStation 2 (PS2) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was first released in Japan on 4 March 2000, in North America on 26 October 2000, in Europe on 24 November 2000, and in Australia o ...
) – 2003 * IBM
PowerPC G5 970FX The PowerPC 970, PowerPC 970FX, and PowerPC 970MP are 64-bit PowerPC processors from IBM introduced in 2002. When used in PowerPC-based Macintosh computers, Apple referred to them as the PowerPC G5. The 970 family was created through a collab ...
– 2004 * Elpida Memory's 90 nm DDR2 SDRAM process – 2005 * IBM PowerPC G5 970MP – 2005 * IBM PowerPC G5 970GX – 2005 * IBM Waternoose Xbox 360 Processor – 2005 * IBM–Sony–Toshiba
Cell processor Cell is a multi-core microprocessor microarchitecture that combines a general-purpose PowerPC core of modest performance with streamlined coprocessing elements which greatly accelerate multimedia and vector processing applications, as well as m ...
– 2005 * Intel Pentium 4 Prescott – 2004-02 * Intel
Celeron Celeron is Intel's brand name for low-end IA-32 and x86-64 computer microprocessor models targeted at low-cost personal computers. Celeron processors are compatible with IA-32 software. They typically offer less performance per clock speed comp ...
D Prescott-256 – 2004-05 * Intel
Pentium M The Pentium M is a family of mobile 32-bit single-core x86 microprocessors (with the modified Intel P6 microarchitecture) introduced in March 2003 and forming a part of the Intel Carmel notebook platform under the then new Centrino brand. The ...
Dothan – 2004-05 * Intel
Celeron Celeron is Intel's brand name for low-end IA-32 and x86-64 computer microprocessor models targeted at low-cost personal computers. Celeron processors are compatible with IA-32 software. They typically offer less performance per clock speed comp ...
M Dothan-1024 – 2004-08 * Intel
Xeon Xeon ( ) is a brand of x86 microprocessors designed, manufactured, and marketed by Intel, targeted at the non-consumer workstation, server, and embedded system markets. It was introduced in June 1998. Xeon processors are based on the same arc ...
Nocona, Irwindale, Cranford, Potomac, Paxville – 2004-06 * Intel
Pentium D Pentium D is a range of desktop 64-bit x86-64 processors based on the NetBurst microarchitecture, which is the dual-core variant of the Pentium 4 manufactured by Intel. Each CPU comprised two dies, each containing a single core, residing next to ...
Smithfield – 2005-05 * AMD
Athlon 64 The Athlon 64 is a ninth-generation, AMD64-architecture microprocessor produced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), released on September 23, 2003. It is the third processor to bear the name ''Athlon'', and the immediate successor to the Athlon XP. T ...
Winchester, Venice, San Diego, Orleans – 2004-10 * AMD
Athlon 64 X2 The Athlon 64 X2 is the first native dual-core desktop central processing unit (CPU) designed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). It was designed from scratch as native dual-core by using an already multi-CPU enabled Athlon 64, joining it with anot ...
Manchester, Toledo, Windsor – 2005-05 * AMD Sempron Palermo and Manila – 2004-08 * AMD Turion 64 Lancaster and Richmond – 2005-03 * AMD
Turion 64 X2 AMD Turion is the brand name AMD applies to its x86-64 low-power consumption (''mobile'') processors codenamed ''K8L''. The Turion 64 and Turion 64 X2/Ultra processors compete with Intel's mobile processors, initially the ''Pentium M'' and the Int ...
Taylor and Trinidad – 2006-05 * AMD Opteron Venus, Troy, and Athens – 2005-08 * AMD Dual-core Opteron Denmark, Italy, Egypt, Santa Ana, and Santa Rosa *
VIA C7 The VIA C7 is an x86 central processing unit designed by Centaur Technology and sold by VIA Technologies. Product history The C7 delivers a number of improvements to the older VIA C3 cores but is nearly identical to the latest VIA C3 Nehemiah ...
– 2005-05 * Loongson (Godson) STLS2E02 – 2007-04 * Loongson (Godson) 2F STLS2F02 – 2008-07 *
MCST-4R The MCST R1000 (russian: МЦСТ R1000) is a 64-bit microprocessor developed by Moscow Center of SPARC Technologies (MCST) and fabricated by TSMC. During development this microprocessor was designated as MCST-4R. MCST R1000 Highlights *implemen ...
– 2010-12 * Elbrus-2C+ – 2011-11


Processors using 65 nm manufacturing technology

* Sony–Toshiba EE+ GS ( PStwo) – 2005 * Intel Pentium 4 (Cedar Mill) – 2006-01-16 * Intel
Pentium D Pentium D is a range of desktop 64-bit x86-64 processors based on the NetBurst microarchitecture, which is the dual-core variant of the Pentium 4 manufactured by Intel. Each CPU comprised two dies, each containing a single core, residing next to ...
900-series – 2006-01-16 * Intel
Celeron D Celeron is Intel's brand name for low-end IA-32 and x86-64 computer microprocessor models targeted at low-cost personal computers. Celeron processors are compatible with IA-32 software. They typically offer less performance per clock speed comp ...
(Cedar Mill cores) – 2006-05-28 *
Intel Core Intel Core is a line of streamlined midrange consumer, workstation and enthusiast computer central processing units (CPUs) marketed by Intel Corporation. These processors displaced the existing mid- to high-end Pentium processors at the time ...
– 2006-01-05 * Intel
Core 2 Intel Core 2 is the processor family encompassing a range of Intel's consumer 64-bit x86-64 single-, dual-, and quad-core microprocessors based on the Core microarchitecture. The single- and dual-core models are single- die, whereas the quad-co ...
– 2006-07-27 * Intel
Xeon Xeon ( ) is a brand of x86 microprocessors designed, manufactured, and marketed by Intel, targeted at the non-consumer workstation, server, and embedded system markets. It was introduced in June 1998. Xeon processors are based on the same arc ...
( Sossaman) – 2006-03-14 * AMD
Athlon 64 The Athlon 64 is a ninth-generation, AMD64-architecture microprocessor produced by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), released on September 23, 2003. It is the third processor to bear the name ''Athlon'', and the immediate successor to the Athlon XP. T ...
series (starting from Lima) – 2007-02-20 * AMD
Turion 64 X2 AMD Turion is the brand name AMD applies to its x86-64 low-power consumption (''mobile'') processors codenamed ''K8L''. The Turion 64 and Turion 64 X2/Ultra processors compete with Intel's mobile processors, initially the ''Pentium M'' and the Int ...
series (starting from Tyler) – 2007-05-07 * AMD Phenom series * IBM's
Cell Processor Cell is a multi-core microprocessor microarchitecture that combines a general-purpose PowerPC core of modest performance with streamlined coprocessing elements which greatly accelerate multimedia and vector processing applications, as well as m ...
PlayStation 3 – 2007-11-17 * IBM's z10 * Microsoft Xbox 360 "Falcon" CPU – 2007–09 * Microsoft Xbox 360 "Opus" CPU – 2008 * Microsoft Xbox 360 "Jasper" CPU – 2008–10 * Microsoft Xbox 360 "Jasper" GPU – 2008–10 * Sun
UltraSPARC T2 Sun Microsystems' UltraSPARC T2 microprocessor is a multithreading, multi-core CPU. It is a member of the SPARC family, and the successor to the UltraSPARC T1. The chip is sometimes referred to by its codename, Niagara 2. Sun started selling s ...
– 2007–10 * AMD
Turion Ultra AMD Turion is the brand name AMD applies to its x86-64 low-power consumption (''mobile'') processors codenamed ''K8L''. The Turion 64 and Turion 64 X2/Ultra processors compete with Intel's mobile processors, initially the ''Pentium M'' and the Int ...
– 2008-06 * TI
OMAP 3 The OMAP (Open Multimedia Applications Platform) family, developed by Texas Instruments, was a series of image/video processors. They are proprietary system on chips (SoCs) for portable and mobile multimedia applications. OMAP devices generally ...
Family – 2008-02 * VIA Nano – 2008-05 *
Loongson Loongson () is the name of a family of general-purpose, MIPS architecture-compatible microprocessors, as well as the name of the Chinese fabless company (Loongson Technology) that develops them. The processors are alternately called Godson proc ...
– 2009 *
NVIDIA Nvidia CorporationOfficially written as NVIDIA and stylized in its logo as VIDIA with the lowercase "n" the same height as the uppercase "VIDIA"; formerly stylized as VIDIA with a large italicized lowercase "n" on products from the mid 1990s to ...
GeForce 8800GT GPU – 2007


Processors using 45 nm technology

* Matsushita released the 45 nm Uniphier in 2007. * Wolfdale,
Yorkfield Yorkfield is the code name for some Intel processors sold as Core 2 Quad and Xeon. In Intel's Tick-Tock cycle, the 2007/2008 "Tick" was Penryn microarchitecture, the shrink of the Core microarchitecture to 45 nanometers as CPUID model 23, repl ...
, Yorkfield XE and Penryn are Intel cores sold under the
Core 2 Intel Core 2 is the processor family encompassing a range of Intel's consumer 64-bit x86-64 single-, dual-, and quad-core microprocessors based on the Core microarchitecture. The single- and dual-core models are single- die, whereas the quad-co ...
brand. * Intel Core i7 series processors, i5 750 ( Lynnfield and Clarksfield) *
Pentium Dual-Core The Pentium Dual-Core brand was used for mainstream x86-architecture microprocessors from Intel from 2006 to 2009 when it was renamed to Pentium. The processors are based on either the 32-bit '' Yonah'' or (with quite different microarchitectu ...
Wolfdale-3M are current Intel mainstream dual core sold under the Pentium brand. * Diamondville, Pineview are current Intel cores with hyper-threading sold under the
Intel Atom Intel Atom is the brand name for a line of IA-32 and x86-64 instruction set ultra-low-voltage processors by Intel Corporation designed to reduce electric consumption and power dissipation in comparison with ordinary processors of the Intel Cor ...
brand. *
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While it initially manufact ...
Deneb ( Phenom II) and Shanghai ( Opteron) Quad-Core Processors, Regor (
Athlon II Athlon II is a family of AMD multi-core 45 nm central processing units, which is aimed at the budget to mid-range market and is a complementary product lineup to the Phenom II. Features The Athlon II series is based on the AMD K10 architectu ...
) dual core processor

Caspian ( AMD Turion#Turion II Ultra, Turion II) mobile dual core processors. *
AMD Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets. While it initially manufact ...
( Phenom II) "Thuban" Six-Core Processor (1055T) * Xenon in the
Xbox 360 The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox series. It competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation ...
S model. * Sony–Toshiba
Cell Broadband Engine Cell is a multi-core microprocessor microarchitecture that combines a general-purpose PowerPC core of modest performance with streamlined coprocessing elements which greatly accelerate multimedia and vector processing applications, as well as m ...
in
PlayStation 3 Slim The PlayStation 3 (PS3) is a home video game console developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The successor to the PlayStation 2, it is part of the PlayStation brand of consoles. It was first released on November 11, 2006, in Japan, November ...
model – September 2009. * Samsung S5PC110, as known as ''Hummingbird''. * Texas Instruments
OMAP The OMAP (Open Multimedia Applications Platform) family, developed by Texas Instruments, was a series of image/ video processors. They are proprietary system on chips (SoCs) for portable and mobile multimedia applications. OMAP devices generall ...
36xx. * IBM POWER7 and z196 *
Fujitsu is a Japanese multinational information and communications technology equipment and services corporation, established in 1935 and headquartered in Tokyo. Fujitsu is the world's sixth-largest IT services provider by annual revenue, and the l ...
SPARC64 VIIIfx The SPARC64 V (''Zeus'') is a SPARC V9 microprocessor designed by Fujitsu. The SPARC64 V was the basis for a series of successive processors designed for servers, and later, supercomputers. The servers series are the SPARC64 V+, VI, VI+, VII, V ...
series * Espresso (microprocessor) Wii U CPU


Chips using 32 nm technology

* Toshiba produced commercial 32 Gb NAND flash memory chips with the 32nm process in 2009. * Intel Core i3 and i5 processors, released in January 2010 * Intel 6-core processor, codenamed
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* Intel i7-970, was released in late July 2010, priced at approximately US$900 * AMD FX Series processors, codenamed Zambezi and based on AMD's
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architecture, were released in October 2011. The technology used a 32 nm SOI process, two CPU cores per module, and up to four modules, ranging from a quad-core design costing approximately US$130 to a $280 eight-core design. *
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circuit for digital still cameras, providing
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high-definition video capabilities in September 2011


Chips using 24–28 nm technology

* SK Hynix announced that it could produce a 26 nm flash chip with 64 Gb capacity; Intel Corp. and Micron Technology had by then already developed the technology themselves. Announced in 2010. * Toshiba announced that it was shipping 24 nm flash memory NAND devices on August 31, 2010. *In 2016
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's 28 nm processor
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went for serial production.


Chips using 22 nm technology

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i7 and Intel Core i5 processors based on Intel's Ivy Bridge 22 nm technology for series 7 chip-sets went on sale worldwide on April 23, 2012.


Chips using 20 nm technology

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began mass production of 64 Gb NAND flash memory chips using a 20 nm process in 2010.


Chips using 16 nm technology

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first began 16nm FinFET chip production in 2013.


Chips using 14 nm technology

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i7 and Intel Core i5 processors based on Intel's Broadwell 14 nm technology was launched in January 2015. *
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processors based on AMD's
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or Zen+ architectures and which uses 14 nm FinFET technology.


Chips using 10 nm technology

* Samsung announced that it had begun
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(MLC) flash memory chips using a 10nm process in 2013. On 17 October 2016,
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announced mass production of SoC chips at 10 nm. *
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began commercial production of 10 nm chips in early 2016, before moving onto mass production in early 2017. * Samsung began shipping Galaxy S8 smartphone in April 2017 using the company's 10 nm processor. * Apple delivered second-generation iPad Pro tablets powered with TSMC-produced
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chips using the 10 nm FinFET process in June 2017.


Chips using 7 nm technology

* TSMC began risk production of 256 Mbit SRAM memory chips using a 7 nm process in April 2017. * Samsung and TSMC began mass production of 7 nm devices in 2018.TSMC ramping up 7nm chip production
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and Huawei Kirin 980 mobile processors, both released in 2018, use 7 nm chips manufactured by TSMC. *AMD began using TSMC 7 nm starting with the Vega 20 GPU in November 2018, with Zen 2-based CPUs and APUs from July 2019, and for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles’ APUs, released both in November 2020.


Chips using 5 nm technology

* Samsung began production of 5 nm chips (5LPE) in late 2018. * TSMC began production of 5 nm chips (CLN5FF) in April 2019.


3 nm technology

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have announced plans to release 3nm devices during 2021–2022. *
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have begun risk production of 3 nm GAEFET transistors in June of 2022.


See also

* Foundry model *
MOSFET The metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, MOS-FET, or MOS FET) is a type of field-effect transistor (FET), most commonly fabricated by the controlled oxidation of silicon. It has an insulated gate, the voltage of which d ...
* Semiconductor device fabrication * Transistor count


References

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