Mark LaPedus, EETimes
4/5/2011 5:53 PM EDT
SAN JOSE, Calif. – During the TSMC 2011 Technology Symposium here, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) rolled out what could be the industry’s first manufacturing process optimized for chips used in smartphones and tablets.
The technology is a new member of its 28-nm process offerings. Called 28HPM or high-performance mobile, the process is tuned for smartphones, tablets and related products, said Shang-Yi Chiang, senior vice president of R&D at TSMC.