Replies to post #9204 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[Haddock]

The correct word here would be mettle.

It's a pun. Those clever Aussies. :-)

In AMD’s approach, the transistor’s source and drain region is protected by a silicide layer and the polysilicon gate is completely converted to a nickel silicide (NiSi) metal all the way down to the gate oxide.