Foundry chipmakers see yields for 40nm production below 70%

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Claire Sung, Taipei; Jessie Shen, DIGITIMES [Wednesday 13 January 2010]


Foundry chipmakers, including Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), have been struggling to increase their yields on 40nm to over 70%, according to industry sources. The unsatisfactory yield rate has caused production for next-generation graphics processors and FPGA (field-programmable gate array) chips to run tight.

TSMC, at its last investors conference, revealed that chamber matching problems had impacted yield rates for its 40nm node. It said the problems could be solved by the end of 2009.

Clients using TSMC's 40nm node include GPU vendors AMD and Nvidia, and FPGA chip supplier Altera.

United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) is also working with customers to volume produce 40nm products at its 12-inch (300mm) fabs. The sources claimed that FPGA chipmaker Xilinx, which has placed orders for 40nm-generation products with the foundry partner, has also moved to diversify its production sources to minimize the risk of shipment delays.

Samsung Electronics earlier announced it has been selected as one of Xilinx' foundry partners for next-generation FPGA manufacturing.

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大把GT2XX的白菜芯片在里头的情况下也只有70%啊，怎么和ati的90%差异这么大

Asuka

NV良率一夜之间提升了？  昨天才20%耶，召唤上方文Q童鞋现身说法

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很显然， DIGITIMES的消息可靠度远远不如蛆家，毕竟AMD给蛆家不少广告费的嘛。