Re: Semiconductor Insights (SI), a leading technical advisor to the global microelectronics industry recently performed an analysis on the 65nm AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core desktop processor. Upon completion of the analysis, Semiconductor Insights awarded AMD with their 2006 INSIGHT Award for Most Innovative Process Technology.
“Our analysis of the device has confirmed that the 65nm AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor, produced at AMD Fab 36, uses minimum gate lengths of 35nm, nine copper and one aluminum metal levels, strained silicon channel and a Silicon on Insulator (SOI) substrate,” said Don Scansen, lead process analyst at Semiconductor Insights. “Put altogether, it is an impressive technology package”
Sounds like it's a contest with contenders AMD, AMD, and AMD... and AMD came in first place.
