Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing has announced the extension of its joint development collaboration with IBM to include 22nm bulk CMOS technology.
The Singapore-based foundry said the extension builds on the original multi-year agreement that the two companies first signed in November 2002. Now in its sixth year, the collaborative development program has enabled Chartered to provide foundry access to a leading technology roadmap that leverages invention and innovation for manufacturing solutions, spanning five major generations of advanced process technology, including 90nm, 65nm, 45nm, 32nm, and now 22nm logic processes, the company said.
As with previous nodes, 22nm development activities will be conducted at IBM's 12-inch semiconductor fabrication facility in East Fishkill, New York. Each company will have the ability to implement the jointly developed processes in its own manufacturing facilities.
Article translated by Esther Lam
