Intel处理器半导体技术突破，为50年之最大突破

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Intel shows the way forward with breakthrough semiconductor design

By Rich Fichera | May 4, 2011, 1:27pm PDT (Copyright ZDNet: http://www.zdnet.com/blog/forres ... onductor-design/649)

Intel has been publishing research for about a decade on what they call “3D Trigate” transistors, which held out the hope for both improved performance as well as power efficiency. Today Intel revealed details of its commercialization of this research in its upcoming 22 nm process as well as demonstrating actual system based on 22 nm CPU parts.

The new products, under the internal name of “Ivy Bridge”, are the process shrink of the recently announced Sandy Bridge architecture in the next “Tock” cycle of the famous Intel “Tick-Tock” design methodology, where the “Tick” is a new optimized architecture and the “Tock” is the shrinking of this architecture onto then next generation semiconductor process.

What makes these Trigate transistors so innovative is the fact that they change the fundamental geometry of the semiconductors from a basically flat “planer” design to one with more vertical structure, earning them the description of “3D”. For users the concepts are simpler to understand – this new transistor design, which will become the standard across all of Intel’s products moving forward, delivers some fundamental benefits to CPUs implemented with them:

    * Leakage current is reduced to near zero, resulting in very efficient operation for system in an idle state.
    * Overall performance per Watt is reduced by approximately 50% from Sandy Bridge’s already improved results with its 32 nm process.

No further details on schedules were revealed beyond a delivery date sometime in 2012, although Intel did state that parts are coming off early production runs now for partners.

In addition to the conventional CPU parts for desktops, laptops and servers, Intel also discussed their plans for enhancing Atom CPU offerings with SOC designs and design services for system vendors making products targeted for consumer, netbook, tablet, and Smartphone designs. The announcement included a detailed chronology of upcoming SOC products in 32 nm and 22 nm processes, which Intel claimed would offer performance per Watt equal to or superior to that of ARM processors.

What it means

The first thing that jumps out at me is the is the implication that Moore’s Law is alive and well, at least for the next several generations of process down to 14 nm and below, and Intel has no intention of yielding primacy as the world’s leader in semiconductor process. Given their history and their willingness to invest, this announcement looks like their position is secure.

Another theme that came through loud and clear was Intel’s focus on low-power devices, SOC designs and pre-empting competition from ARM-based and similar low-power microprocessor products, which while they may not be a reality yet in the server space, have been an inhibiting factor in Intel’s success in low-power devices, with the exception of Atom-based NetBooks. With a forthright discussion of its SOC plans, Intel was clearly laying out reinforcement for earlier statements about wanting to be more visible in the various low-power device segments.

xuyongchen

恩，之前就放出风说要发布重大消息。。。话说这样真的有助于散热吗？我怎么感觉散热鸭梨更大。。。

HewInz

中午看过中文的新闻和一些示意图了，这玩意儿和我课上学的半导体工艺差别有点大
这凸起的源和漏，怎么做？深度刻蚀旁边不要的部分？

nobodyk

直接回帖拿分走人

zglloo

http://weibo.com/intel
能耗方面下降了

muclemanxb

这个～有谁贴个摘要什么的么？看不懂啊，文化水平还是欠缺点

universebreaker

人腦翻譯結果:

Intel has been publishing research for about a decade on what they call “3D Trigate” transistors, which held out the hope for both improved performance as well as power efficiency. Today Intel revealed details of its commercialization of this research in its upcoming 22 nm process as well as demonstrating actual system based on 22 nm CPU parts.

intel已經發表他們用上十年時間進行的"3D trigate"研究結果,有望改進運算效能和功耗,intel已經披露將相關研究結果於22nm製程上商業化的詳情,並同時展出運用22nm cpu的示範系統實體

The new products, under the internal name of “Ivy Bridge”, are the process shrink of the recently announced Sandy Bridge architecture in the next “Tock” cycle of the famous Intel “Tick-Tock” design methodology, where the “Tick” is a new optimized architecture and the “Tock” is the shrinking of this architecture onto then next generation semiconductor process.

新產品的代號為"Ivy Bridge",是在intel “Tick-Tock”設計技術方案的"Tock"周期下,基於Sandy Bridge的製程改進版本,"Tick"代表架構改進而"Tock"代表現有架構的半導體工藝改革

What makes these Trigate transistors so innovative is the fact that they change the fundamental geometry of the semiconductors from a basically flat “planer” design to one with more vertical structure, earning them the description of “3D”. For users the concepts are simpler to understand – this new transistor design, which will become the standard across all of Intel’s products moving forward, delivers some fundamental benefits to CPUs implemented with them:

三柵半導體(trigate semiconductor)的創新之處在於intel 將半導體的幾何結構,由簡單而平坦的平面設計變成更加垂直的結構,而此名稱中有"3D"一字,對用家來說,這樣說會更容易令人明白~這種將會成為intel未來產品標準的半導體設計,會為CPU帶來幾個重要的好處:

    * Leakage current is reduced to near zero, resulting in very efficient operation for system in an idle state.

電流洩漏被減少至接近零,令系統閒置時的運作更有效率

    * Overall performance per Watt is reduced by approximately 50% from Sandy Bridge’s already improved results with its 32 nm process.(這段意思有點不合邏輯,以下為修正結果)

與32nm Sandy Bridge的改良後結果相比,新技術只需一半功耗就可達至相同運算效能
(上面應該是watt per performance 才合理,但performance是不可數,用不了per,可是performance per watt每瓦特效能怎會是下跌,上升才合理嘛...)

No further details on schedules were revealed beyond a delivery date sometime in 2012, although Intel did state that parts are coming off early production runs now for partners.

盡管intel聲稱即將完成早期生產並付運給合作伙伴,但沒有披露計劃的詳細資料,只表示會於2012年發售

In addition to the conventional CPU parts for desktops, laptops and servers, Intel also discussed their plans for enhancing Atom CPU offerings with SOC designs and design services for system vendors making products targeted for consumer, netbook, tablet, and Smartphone designs. The announcement included a detailed chronology of upcoming SOC products in 32 nm and 22 nm processes, which Intel claimed would offer performance per Watt equal to or superior to that of ARM processors.

除了用於伺服器,桌面電腦和筆記簿電腦的CPU外,intel亦談及對為消費者,netbook和平板電腦設計產品的系統供應商設計服務,利用SOC設計改善Atom CPU的供應,以及智能手機設計,公佈內容亦包括將來32nm和22nm SOC 產品的時間表,intel聲稱其每瓦特效能將會和ARM處理器一樣,甚至更佳
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(下面的是外國網站轉載者的意見......)
What it means

The first thing that jumps out at me is the is the implication that Moore’s Law is alive and well, at least for the next several generations of process down to 14 nm and below, and Intel has no intention of yielding primacy as the world’s leader in semiconductor process. Given their history and their willingness to invest, this announcement looks like their position is secure.

(我意識到的第一件事,是至少在將來的幾代製程,以至14nm甚至更後,摩爾定律依然有效,而intel亦沒有讓出全球半導體工藝領導地位的意思,從他們的歷史以及對投資的意願來看,這次公佈似乎意味著他們的地位進一步穩固)

Another theme that came through loud and clear was Intel’s focus on low-power devices, SOC designs and pre-empting competition from ARM-based and similar low-power microprocessor products, which while they may not be a reality yet in the server space, have been an inhibiting factor in Intel’s success in low-power devices, with the exception of Atom-based NetBooks. With a forthright discussion of its SOC plans, Intel was clearly laying out reinforcement for earlier statements about wanting to be more visible in the various low-power device segments.

(另一樣顯而易見的事情,就是intel開始將焦點放在低功耗設備,SOC設計,以及決定在與建基於ARM的低功耗微處理器產品的比賽中先發制人,即使它們不可能應用於伺服器領域,但已經成為intel在使用Atom的NetBook外,於其他低功耗設備上成功的絆腳石,從對SOC計劃的公開討論來看,intel明顯在強調他們想在各種低功耗設備領域有更大影響力)

[翻譯挺費神的...各位加點分吧....]
附上另一份簡短的中文版新聞:
http://www.hkepc.com/6454

panda7456

传说中的3D晶体管。。
AMD鸭梨大了

universebreaker

回复 8# panda7456


壓力的確不小,光是製程就慢上人家一兩個世代,而且不知是不是架構設計的問題,運算效能老是比人家差
一直就只能靠超頻上的自由度,開核和低功耗這三招頂下去
另外過去intel一直都運用反競爭手段來壓制AMD,就算早前被裁定觸犯反壟斷法,要執行一系列補償措施,但intel坐大的局面一時之間也難以改變...

青島人

這玩意兒肯定死貴。

panda7456

回复 9# universebreaker

看起来新的推土机不错