Date: 19/10/2009

SMIC extend its 45nm CMOS technology to 40nm and 55nm

SMIC has extending its 45-nanometer bulk CMOS technologies to 40nm and 55nm geometries.

These new processes will complement SMICs existing offerings and suitable for the applications include multimedia products, graphics chips, chipsets, and mobile devices such as handsets integrated with 3G/4G.

SMIC says, Our 45nm technology has been implemented at SMICs 300mm facility in Shanghai ahead of schedule and we look forward to a similar result at these additional geometries, said SMIC's President and CEO, Dr. Richard Chang. These new offerings provide our current and new customers a customized set of solutions to meet their diverse product design-in needs.