In the semiconductor industry, manufacturing chips to order - a very common type of business, but in this case, IBM stands out against the backdrop of other players. Confirming the status of industry giant corporation engaged and development, and production of its chips, little, it still takes third-party orders for the manufacture of semiconductors. Among other things, currently IBM plants produce chips for game consoles Sony and Nintendo.
expanding the range of its services as a contract manufacturer, IBM announced the beginning of the reception of orders to manufacture chips on 45-nm technology silicon-on-insulator (silicon-on-insulator, SOI). Although constructed on the basis of the tehprotsessa semiconductors are a few more costs than, for example, a common CMOS-chips, they can provide 30% gain in productivity, or 40% lower power consumption compared to last.
IBM announced that adds tools to design and libraries to intellectual property already available for licensing in the infrastructure development of SOI. His support for 45-nm SOI manufacturing IBM announced the company ARM, intends to propose its own work for the tehprotsessa - libraries, including memory and I/O Modules.
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