Chipworks report discusses Intel microprocessor
Chipworks
DFM report
Chipworks has made available its Design for Manufacturability (DFM) analysis of Intel's 32nm Clarkdale/Westmere microprocessor from the Core i5 660.
The key features of this DFM report include: analysis of the standard design rules; analysis of the DFM features; analysis of standard logic and SRAM cells; ICWorks Surveyor; and Image Mosaic of over 7GB of SEM images.
'Intel has demonstrated the power of its process and design integration, shipping devices that use both metal gates and the latest immersion lithography,' said Dick James, senior technology analyst at Chipworks.
'This includes feature pitches as low as 112.5nm from Metal 3 down to Metal 0 and a functional gate length down to about 30nm.
'A significant change we noted is the move by Intel from substantially unidirectional metal lines at 45nm to orthogonal lines made possible by this move to wet lithography.
'As before, dummy structures are featured throughout the device.' Intel Westmere 32nm Layout and Design for Manufacturability Analysis is now available.
The analysis combines a standard reverse engineering report with the ICWorks Surveyor format.
ICWorks Surveyor is a software tool that allows the engineer to navigate thousands of images stitched together into a massive floor plan across all the metal layers of the device.
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