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For an industry that drives improvement at an exponential rate it is funny how often something old is new again. Intel went into high volume production on 22nm in 2011, and TSMC and Samsung have both had 20nm technologies in production for several years. And yet, recently we have seen renewed interest in 22nm. GLOBALFOUNDRIES has a 22nm FDSOI technology (22FDX) ramping now, at their recent technology forum TSMC announced a bulk 22nm technology 22ULP for 2017 production and this week Intel also announced a new 22nm FinFET technology 22FFL or 2017 production. Why the resurgence of interest in 22nm?

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