The most advanced chips on the market today use 2nm technology. With this technology, increased power, speed and energy consumption savings can be enjoyed. Today IBM announced their success in producing chips with sub-1nm technology for the first time in history.
IBM claims that the achievement of the world's first 0.7 nm (7 angstrom) technology was achieved using nanostack architecture. Nearly 100 billion transistors have been loaded into a chip the size of a human fingernail, which is twice the density of IBM's previous 2nm technology. The result, according to IBM, is an increase in performance of up to 50% and an increase in energy efficiency of up to 70%.
To realize this technology, IBM collaborated with ASML, Lam Research Corp. Tokyo Electron and SCREEN Semiconductor Solutions, Ltd to develop a new technology called High Numerical Aperture Extreme Ultraviolet (High NA EUV).
Although sub-1nm technology has been developed, it is not yet ready for commercialization. IBM does not have a foundry but will license their innovations to interested companies. This 7 angstrom chip will probably only start to hit the market in another 5-10 years.
