The "28 nm" lithography process is a half-node semiconductor manufacturing process based on a die shrink of the "32 nm" lithography process. It appeared in production in 2010.
Design
"28 nm" requires twice the number of design rules for ensuring reliability in manufacturing as "80 nm". == Shipped devices ==
Shipped devices
AMD's Radeon HD 7970 uses a graphics processing unit manufactured using a "28 nm" process. Some models of the PS3 use an RSX 'Reality Synthesizer' chip manufactured using a "28 nm" process. FPGAs produced with "28 nm" process technology include models of the Xilinx Artix 7 FPGAs and Altera Cyclone V FPGAs. == References ==