IBM, Samsung, and Charted Semiconductor have expanded a pact to jointly develop and manufacture chips using 32 nanometer process technologies. The deal also pulls in Freescale Semiconductor, which recently buddied up with IBM after NXP Semiconductors pulled out of a similar manufacturing group dubbed the Crolles Alliance. Without NXP, the Crolles Alliance partners had no clear path to progress beyond current 45-nanometer chip technologies. Infineon Technologies is also a partner in the venture.
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IBM, Sony, Toshiba Unveil Cell Processor
They also announced that they would reveal technical details of Cell at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) to be held from February 6-10, 2005 in San Francisco.
Specifically, the companies confirmed that Cell is a multicore chip comprising a 64-bit Power processor core and multiple synergistic processor cores capable of massive floating point processing. Cell is optimized for compute-intensive workloads and broadband rich media applications, including computer entertainment, movies and other forms of digital content.
Other highlights of the Cell processor design include:
— Multi-thread, multicore architecture.
— Supports multiple operating systems.
Samsung Joins New IBM Chip Partnership
Samsung, which sells computer memory chips and produces semiconductors for use in its own electronics, will join Singapore chip maker Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd. and German memory maker Infineon Technologies AG in the partnership with IBM.
Samsung will also license chip-making technology from IBM, the companies said. No terms were disclosed, but an IBM spokesman said IBM has brought in $500 million since 2001 from foreign chip makers who paid to help fund technology development work at its East Fishkill, New York facility.
Read more at Reuters Technology.
Sony invests In IBM Chip Production
Sony Group’s investment will help IBM enable capacity for the manufacture of the new microprocessor, code named “Cell,” and other chips to be used in next generation computer entertainment systemsand Sony’s wide array of next generation digital consumer electronics products.
IBM expects to begin pilot production of Cell microprocessors and other chips for Sony at its 300mm facility in East Fishkill, NY, during the first half of 2005.
IBM To Manufacture Next Gen VIA Chips
From the press release:
VIA Technologies, Inc, a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions, today announced the selection of IBM Microelectronics, the world’s premier information technology supplier, as its foundry partner for the next generation of VIA processors based on the “Esther” core scheduled for the second half of 2004.
VIA’s decision to partner with IBM was based on the company’s ground breaking silicon manufacturing technologies, such as copper interconnects, silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and low-k dielectric insulation, together with its advanced 90-nanometer (nm) process. These advanced manufacturing technologies are designed to reduce power consumption and allow processor speeds of 2GHz and beyond within the same thermal envelope as current VIA processors.
Apple unleashes Power Mac G5 computer
Powered by the revolutionary PowerPC G5 processor designed by IBM and Apple, the Power Mac G5 is the first personal computer to utilize 64-bit processing technology for unprecedented memory expansion(up to 8GB) and advanced 64-bit computation, while running existing 32-bit applications natively.
“The 64-bit revolution has begun and the personal computer will never be the same again,†said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “The new Power Mac G5 combines the world’s first 64-bit desktop processor, the industry’s first 1 GHz front-side bus, and up to 8GB of memory to beat the fastest Pentium 4 and dual Xeon-based systems in industry-standard benchmarks and real-world professional applications.â€
IBM to manufacture next NVIDIA Geforce GPU
State-of-the-art GPUs, like NVIDIA’s Geforce FX, have become process and manufacturing drivers. To deliver the immense computational power needed to create cinematic images in real-time, NVIDIA’sGPUs require the most sophisticated process technologies.
As part of the agreement, NVIDIA will gain access to IBM’s comprehensive suite of foundry services and leading-edge manufacturing technologies, including power-efficient copper wiring, and a roadmapthat leads to 65nm (nanometer; a billionth of a meter) in the next several years, giving the company the necessary tools to advance its state-of-the-art GPUs.
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