Philips proves first silicon from 90-nm CMOS production line

Royal Philips Electronics has announced a significant milestone in putting 90-nm CMOS chips into production by achieving right-first-time silicon from its CMOS production line at the Crolles2 wafer fab in Crolles, France and from TSMC's wafer fab in Taiwan. The Philips CMOS090LP is one of the world's first system-on-chip solutions to be fabricated in a low-leakage 90-nm CMOS process. This commercially-targeted lead silicon integrates an ARM processor core with SRAM, ROM and analog signal circuitry designed for a wireless application.