The 1.5 μm process (1.5 micrometer process) is the level of MOSFET semiconductor process technology that was reached around 1981–1982, by companies such as Intel and IBM.
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The 1.5 μm process refers to the minimum size that could be reliably produced. The smallest transistors and other circuit elements on a chip made with this process were around 1.5 micrometers wide.
Products featuring 1.5 μm manufacturing process
- NEC's 64 kbit SRAM memory chip introduced the 1.5 μm process in 1981.[1]
- Intel 80286 CPU launched in 1982 was manufactured using this process.[2]
- Intel introduced a 64 kbit DRAM memory chip using a 1.5 μm CMOS process in 1983.[3]
- Ricoh RF5C164 is a 1.5 μm silicon-gate CMOS sound chip used in the Sega CD video game console, released in 1991.[4]
- The Amiga Advanced Graphics Architecture (initially sold in 1992) included chips such as Lisa that were manufactured using a 1.5 μm CMOS process.[5]
- Intel used the 1.5-micron process on the HMOS-III technology.[6]
- Intel used the 1.4-micron process on the HMOS II-E technology.[7]
- Intel used the 1.5-micron process on the CHMOS III technology.[8][9]
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