Applied Materials and IMEC Collaborate to Develop 45nm Transistor Technologies

Applied Materials, Inc. and IMEC, Europe's leading independent nanoelectronics and nanotechnology research center, are working together to develop 45nm-generation transistor-level semiconductor processing technologies. Since this collaboration is targeted for critical ultra-shallow junction, gate stack and strain engineering programs, Applied Materials will provide IMEC with the industry's most advanced transistor fabrication technologies, the Applied Quantum X Implant, the Applied Vantage Radiance Plus RTP, the Applied Centura Gate Stack and the Applied Producer CVD systems.