600 nanometer

This article is about semiconductor manufacturing. For 600nm wavelength light, see Orange (colour).

Semiconductor manufacturing processes
10 µm – 1971 6 µm – 1974 3 µm – 1977 1.5 µm – 1982 1 µm – 1985 800 nm – 1989 600 nm – 1994 350 nm – 1995 250 nm – 1997 180 nm – 1999 130 nm – 2001 90 nm – 2004 65 nm – 2006 45 nm – 2008 32 nm – 2010 22 nm – 2012 14 nm – 2014 10 nm – 2017 7 nm  – 2019? 5 nm – 2021?
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The 600 nanometer (600 nm) process refers to the level of semiconductor process technology that was reached in the 1994–1995 timeframe, by most leading semiconductor companies, like Intel and IBM.

Products featuring 0.6 µm manufacturing process

• Intel 80486DX4 CPU launched in 1994 was manufactured using this process.
• IBM/Motorola PowerPC 601, the first PowerPC chip, was produced in 0.6 µm.
• Intel Pentium CPUs at 75 MHz, 90 MHz and 100 MHz were also manufactured using this process.

Preceded by 800 nm

CMOS manufacturing processes

Succeeded by 350 nm