40nm Processing Technology at TSMC

Earlier this week TSMC announced the introduction of 40nm technology to be implemented at some of their fabs. According to the press release: "The new node supports a performance-driven general purpose (40G) technology and a power-efficient low power (40LP) technology." The press release continues:

"TSMC has developed the 40LP for leakage-sensitive applications such as wireless and portable devices and its 40G variant targeting performance applications including CPU, GPU (Graphic Processing Unit), game console, networking and FPGA designs and other high-performance consumer devices."

TSMC continue,

"A full range of mixed signal and RF options accompany the 40G and 40LP processes along with Embedded DRAM, to match the breath of applications that can take advantage of the new node’s unbeatable size and performance combination. "