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News Release from: IMEC
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Team on 13 July 2006
New partner for CMOS research platform
Micron becomes ninth core partner within IMEC's (sub)-32nm research platform.
Micron becomes ninth core partner within IMEC's (sub)-32nm research platform SAN FRANSISCO - July 11, 2006 - IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics and nanotechnology research institute, today announces that Micron Technology , one of the world's largest companies focused on memory, storage and imaging semiconductor products, joined IMEC's (sub) 32 nm CMOS research platform as core partner Micron will also participate within IMEC's advanced Flash memory program
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Feb 2002 at 8.00am (UK)
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"We are excited that Micron joins both our core and advanced Flash memory program.
Up to now, IMEC's (sub) 32 nm CMOS research program focused mainly on logic with SRAM as demonstrator cell.
Our program is now expanded with one of the world's leading memory and imaging companies", said Gilbert Declerck, President and CEO of IMEC.
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"We are looking forward to an extensive, long-term partnership with Micron and are convinced that the know-how and expertise of Micron will be of great value for our global platform".
"We believe the technology challenges facing our industry today are best addressed by an approach which includes sharing broad-range, basic research to help efficiently focus valuable internal resources on core development", said Scott DeBoer, Micron's director of process development.
"IMEC provides a proven environment for accomplishing the necessary long range research in many of our areas of interest".
"We are very pleased to engage in this strategic partnership, which will help enable us to continue delivering the world's most innovative memory and imaging technology to our customers"" With Micron joining IMEC's core program, nine of the world's leading IC manufacturers or foundries - Infineon, Intel, Matsushita/Panasonic, Micron, Philips, Samsung, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and TSMC - collaborate in IMEC's state-of-the-art 300mm research facilities to conquer the ITRS challenges for the (sub) 32nm node.
Recently, important milestones have been achieved within IMEC's 300 mm research facility.
The installation of the back-end-of-line equipment was finished beginning July, with first full-flow lots being processed.
Interconnect R and D for the 32nm node has commenced on 300 mm and first results are expected early Q4 2006.
At present, some programs are shifting focus to better deal with the challenges for the 32 nm technology node.
The advanced litho program runs hyper-NA immersion, double-patterning immersion and EUV lithography in parallel.
In the front-end program major breakthroughs have been achieved on the use of fully-silicided gates (FUSI); metal-inserted poly gates (MIPS) will become the point of emphasis for the coming year.
The interconnection program studies now low-k materials with k value lower than 2.5.
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