Replies to post #35856 on Intel Corp (INTC)

[alan81]

Regarding Al M1 at INTC...
According to the INTC IEDM paper on 65nm, they are 8 layers of copper. Chipguy was explaining earlier that it is getting harder to hit the tight pitch metal layers with copper, so folks are moving to Al for M1...
No news on what INTC is doing at 45nm in this regard.
--Alan