Infineon Successfully Produced First 65nm Samples in Multiple Fabs

Munich – January 31, 2006 – Infineon Technologies AG (FSE/NYSE: IFX) has produced first sample chips in its advanced 65nm low-power and high-performance CMOS platform technology. Infineon leveraged the results of the industry leading 65nm/45nm alliance composed of IBM, Chartered, Infineon, and Samsung (ICIS). The wafer production was done in the frame of the manufacturing partnership with Chartered. As an early mover to the 65nm low-power version within the ICIS alliance Infineon demonstrates 65nm readiness to all advanced logic programs and offers turn key solutions to all customers facing power-sensitive applications. Infineon´s silicon-proven implementations of 65nm MCU-/DSP-cores, libraries, and RF as also analog/mixed-signal macros outperform the crucial performance-to-power ratio known in previous technology generations.

 

”The data available today emphasizes the multifold strengths of our alliance strategy resulting into a leading position towards time-to-market, figure-of-merits , and manufacturing flexibility by pooling significant R&D resources as also exploiting a huge amount of intellectual capital,” said Prof Dr Hermann Eul, Member of the Infineon Management Board and head of the Infineon Communication Solutions Business Group.

 

For example an ARM9 based subsystem, a major component of mobile phones, a wide spectrum of digital cell libraries as well as a broad variety of SRAM, ROM, RF and analog/mixed-signal functions were verified successfully.  The functionality of the ARM9 CPU Core, a DSP as well as all other macro and library elements were proven with silicon from the ICIS alliance in East-Fishkill as well as from the target manufacturing partner Chartered. A first mobile communication product using the 65nm technology has been taped out recently resulting into samples within the first quarter of 2006, the volume production is intended to start in the fourth quarter of 2006.

 

Infineon defines its cost-competitive Smart Technology Access by offering a turn key solution to its customers, including application-optimized technology flavors, a design system infrastructure open to include customer or 3 ^rd party IP, silicon-proven RF, analog/mixed-signal, SRAM and ROM macros, application tuned libraries, design and silicon prototype services up to volume production capability with its manufacturing partner Chartered.

 

Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor and system solutions for automotive, industrial and multimarket sectors, for applications in communication, as well as memory products. With a global presence, Infineon operates through its subsidiaries in the US from San Jose, CA, in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo. In fiscal year 2005 (ending September), the company achieved sales of Euro 6.76 billion with about 36,400 employees worldwide. Infineon is listed on the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX). Further information is available at www.infineon.com.