Renewing vows for the next 5 years, the three companies agree to colaborate on developing next generation semiconductor fabrication
After spending a handful of years together developing the Cell processor, IBM, Sony and Toshiba today announced that they would be staying together for at least 5 more years. The companies stated that with different areas of expertise in semiconductor technology and consumer knowledge, the three would be a powerful alliance. The companies are looking to do research on developing 32 nanometer chips and say that their efforts will result in further advancements. Toshiba's CEO said:
With Toshiba's cutting-edge process technology and manufacturing
capabilities, Sony's various semiconductor technologies and deep
knowledge of consumer markets and IBM's state-of-the-art material
technology, we can anticipate breakthrough process technologies for the
32-nanometer generation and beyond.
The previous 5 years have been successful for the three companies with developments in SOI (silicon-on-insulator) and manufacturing chips at 90nm and 65nm. The three companies will be working together at IBM's Thomas J. Watson Research Center in New York, which happens to also be working on carbon nanotube technology.
"There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere." -- Isaac Asimov
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