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90-Nanometer: The Standard for Foundry High Performance Technology

UMC has been shipping customer products based on its 90-nanometer (0.09-um) logic process since March of 2003, making UMC the first dedicated foundry company to announce the delivery of working customer IC's built on the industry's most advanced manufacturing technology. The achievement is a product of intense collaboration between the engineering teams of UMC and its customers, and is a testimony to UMC's proven ability to provide the industry's leading-edge process technologies in a timely fashion. Currently, we are product qualified and in volume production for multiple customers' 90nm products. UMC is also the only foundry to offer both low-k or FSG for 90nm manufacturing, giving customers the flexibility to choose the dielectric material best suited for their particular product application.


90nm Brochure (pdf, 1,317kb)

Key Features of UMC 90-nanometer technology

  • Integrated Flows for Logic, Mixed Mode, and RF
  • 193nm Litho for critical layers
  • Retrograde Twin Well (Triple Well Option)
  • Multiple Vt Options
  • Dual/ Triple Gate Dielectric Options
  • Up to 1P9M Cu with low-k/ FSG Dielectric Offerings
  • 1.16/ 0.99mm2 (SWL) SRAM Bit Cells
  • e-Fuse Option
  • Wire Bond/ Flip Chip Options

 
UMC offers several different transistor options for its 90nm process to target a broad range of semiconductor applications. Low leakage devices are offered for portable, wireless applications where power management is a priority. On the other end of the scale, a high-speed option is available for graphics applications when the utmost performance is needed. UMC's L90SP process offers the ideal balance between power consumption and performance.


Technology to Meet Broad Applications


UMC's 90nm process pushes the technology envelope by incorporating up to nine copper metal layers, triple gate oxide and other advanced features. A wide range of transistor options are available, including specific low leakage solutions that are optimized for today's portable electronic devices that demand longer battery life. Companies demanding ultimate performance, density, and power efficiency will benefit from UMC's progress in 90nm technology.

UMC has achieved multiple product successes from the close, collaborative work with our customers for their products based on UMC's 90nm process. With successful production ahead of the ITRS industry roadmap, UMC has further illustrated its commitment to offering the leading-edge technology solutions to help our customers realize their market objectives. Two platforms of the advanced 90-nanometer technology were offered to meet the specific product application.

UMC's 90-nanometer Devices Offering




 
90nm Graphics Devices