Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing announced that it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to manufacture CPU products using 65nm silicon-on-insulator (SOI) technology for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game consoles. This announcement follows Chartered’s manufacturing of 90nm SOI CPUs for the Xbox 360 through an agreement with IBM.

“Chartered’s ability to demonstrate the manufacturability of IBM’s advanced SOI technology in Fab 7 was key to our selection,” said Larry Yang, general manager of Xbox development at Microsoft. Microsoft plans to continue sourcing chips from Chartered and IBM’s fabs for consistent product quality and flexibility concerns, Yang said.

Kay Chai Ang, senior vice president of fab operations at Chartered stated that the expanded partnership and the close tie with IBM to enable manufacturing compatibility and dual-sourcing capability to ensure a reliable manufacturing source to Microsoft.

By: DocMemory
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