IBM 90 nm in trouble also

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Meyerson said the biggiest reason is the need for thin gate oxides on the order of a half-dozen atoms.
He's talking about gate oxides 6 <b>atoms</b> thick. And everyone here wonders why upping the Vcore is a bad idea on 90nm chips. :wink:
 

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Power consumation scale linear with clock speed but when raising the VCC is scale per power.

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He's talking about gate oxides 6 atoms thick.


Which is pretty bad also Low-k around 90 nm will start leaking load of current.High-K will be need in few year.

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