Source : CDR InfoTSMC, one of the largest foundries announced to be henceforth ready to take orders and to produce chips engraved at 40nm.
This new manufactoring process allows, according to TSMC, to obtain for the same chip design an increase to higher frequencies by 30% or a saving of 45% energy consumption. It, of course, makes it possible to produce more chips on a silicon wafer.
The first to use it will certainly be the graphic card manufacturers, NVidia in the lead, since they do not have any factory themselves. It is probable that they will take advantage of this new process to produce a less power hungry version of the Geforce 9400M so that they can touch the market of the ultra portables.
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