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Intel Backside Power Delivery (PowerVia) Wiki

Intel Backside Power Delivery (PowerVia) Wiki
by Daniel Nenni on 07-13-2025 at 2:23 pm

Name: PowerVia™
Type: Backside Power Delivery Network (BSPDN)
Developer: Intel Corporation
First Production Node: Intel 20A (2nm-class)
Announced: July 2021
Expected Production Deployment: 2024 (Intel 20A), with high-volume in 2025
Successor Technologies: Integrated with RibbonFET (Intel’s Gate-All-Around)
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Intel 3 Process Technology Wiki

Intel 3 Process Technology Wiki
by Daniel Nenni on 07-13-2025 at 2:08 pm

Node Name: Intel 3
Process Class: 3nm (Intel naming)
Technology Type: FinFET (last FinFET node before transition to GAA)
Announced: July 2021 (as part of Intel’s process roadmap)
Production Start: Late 2023 (initial ramp), volume production in 2024
Primary Use Cases: Data center, high-performance computing (HPC), networking,… Read More


Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Wiki

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Wiki
by Daniel Nenni on 07-13-2025 at 9:51 am

Overview

Electronic Design Automation (EDA) refers to a category of software tools and methodologies used to design, verify, and manufacture integrated circuits (ICs), systems-on-chip (SoCs), FPGAs, and printed circuit boards (PCBs). EDA enables the complex process of converting electronic system specifications into… Read More


TSMC N3 Process Technology Wiki

TSMC N3 Process Technology Wiki
by Daniel Nenni on 07-13-2025 at 9:24 am

Overview

TSMC N3 is the 3-nanometer FinFET semiconductor manufacturing node developed by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC). It is a major milestone in TSMC’s process technology roadmap and represents the first step into the 3nm era, succeeding the N5 and N4 nodes.

Unlike Samsung, which introduced Gate-All-AroundRead More