The 10 μm process (10 micrometer process) is the level of MOSFET semiconductor process technology that was commercially reached around 1971,[1][2] by companies such as RCA and Intel.
The 10 μm process refers to the minimum size that could be reliably produced. The smallest transistors and other circuit elements on a chip made with this process were around 10 micrometers wide.
Products featuring 10 μm manufacturing process
edit- RCA's CD4000 series of integrated circuits began with a 20 μm process in 1968, before gradually downscaling and eventually reaching 10 μm in the next several years.[3]
- Intel 1103, an early dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chip launched in 1970, used an 8 μm process.[4]
- Intel 4004 CPU launched in 1971 was manufactured using a 10 μm process.[5]
- Intel 8008 CPU launched in 1972 was manufactured using this process.[5]
References
edit- ^ Mueller, S (21 July 2006). "Microprocessors from 1971 to the Present". informIT. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
- ^ Myslewski, R (15 November 2011). "Happy 40th birthday, Intel 4004!". TheRegister. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ^ Lojek, Bo (2007). History of Semiconductor Engineering. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 330. ISBN 9783540342588.
- ^ Lojek, Bo (2007). History of Semiconductor Engineering. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 362–363. ISBN 9783540342588.
The i1103 was manufactured on a 6-mask silicon-gate P-MOS process with 8 μm minimum features. The resulting product had a 2,400 μm, 2 memory cell size, a die size just under 10 mm2, and sold for around $21.
- ^ a b "History of the Intel Microprocessor - Listoid". Archived from the original on 27 April 2015. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
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