3 µm process

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Semiconductor manufacturing processes

10 µm 3 µm 1.5 µm 1 µm 800 nm (0.80 µm) 600 nm (0.60 µm) 350 nm (0.35 µm) 250 nm (0.25 µm) 180 nm (0.18 µm) 130 nm (0.13 µm) 90 nm 65 nm 45 nm 32 nm (Double Patterning) 22 nm (End of Planar Bulk CMOS) 16 nm (Transition to Nanoelectronics) 11 nm (Nanoelectronics)

The 3 µm process (3 µm or 3000 nm) process refers to the level of semiconductor process technology that was reached around 1975 timeframe by the leading semiconductor companies, like Intel.

[edit] Products featuring 3 µm manufacturing process

• Intel 8085 CPU launched in 1975 was manufactured using this process.
• Intel 8088 CPU launched in 1979 was manufactured using this process.

Preceded by 10 µm process

Semiconductor device fabrication processes

Succeeded by 1.5 µm process