130 nanometer
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The 130 nm
Nanometre
A nanometre is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one billionth of a metre. The name combines the SI prefix nano- with the parent unit name metre .The nanometre is often used to express dimensions on the atomic scale: the diameter...

process refers to the level of semiconductor process technology that was reached in the 2000–2001 timeframe, by most leading semiconductor companies, like Intel, Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...

, IBM
IBM
International Business Machines Corporation or IBM is an American multinational technology and consulting corporation headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and it offers infrastructure, hosting and consulting services in areas...

, and TSMC
TSMC
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Limited or TSMC is the world's largest dedicated independent semiconductor foundry, with its headquarters and main operations located in the Hsinchu Science Park in Hsinchu, Taiwan.-Overview:...

.

The origin of the 130 nm value is historical, as it reflects a trend of 70% scaling every 2–3 years. The naming is formally determined by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors
The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors is a set of documents produced by a group of semiconductor industry experts. These experts are representative of the sponsoring organisations which include the Semiconductor Industry Associations of the US, Europe, Japan, South Korea and...

 (ITRS).

Some of the first CPUs manufactured with this process include Intel Tualatin family of Pentium III processors.

Processors using 130 nm manufacturing technology

  • Motorola PowerPC 7447 and 7457 2002
  • IBM PowerPC G5 970 - October 2002 - June 2003
  • Intel Pentium III
    Pentium III
    The Pentium III brand refers to Intel's 32-bit x86 desktop and mobile microprocessors based on the sixth-generation P6 microarchitecture introduced on February 26, 1999. The brand's initial processors were very similar to the earlier Pentium II-branded microprocessors...

     Tualatin and Coppermine - 2001-04
  • Intel Celeron
    Celeron
    Celeron is a brand name given by Intel Corp. to a number of different x86 computer microprocessor models targeted at budget personal computers....

     Tualatin-256 - 2001-10-02
  • Intel Pentium M
    Pentium M
    The Pentium M brand refers to a family of mobile single-core x86 microprocessors introduced in March 2003 , and forming a part of the Intel Carmel notebook platform under the then new Centrino brand...

     Banias - 2003-03-12
  • Intel Pentium 4
    Pentium 4
    Pentium 4 was a line of single-core desktop and laptop central processing units , introduced by Intel on November 20, 2000 and shipped through August 8, 2008. They had a 7th-generation x86 microarchitecture, called NetBurst, which was the company's first all-new design since the introduction of the...

     Northwood- 2002-01-07
  • Intel Celeron
    Celeron
    Celeron is a brand name given by Intel Corp. to a number of different x86 computer microprocessor models targeted at budget personal computers....

     Northwood-128 - 2002-09-18
  • Intel Xeon
    Xeon
    The Xeon is a brand of multiprocessing- or multi-socket-capable x86 microprocessors from Intel Corporation targeted at the non-consumer server, workstation and embedded system markets.-Overview:...

     Prestonia and Gallatin - 2002-02-25
  • VIA C3
    VIA C3
    The VIA C3 is a family of x86 central processing units for personal computers designed by Centaur Technology and sold by VIA Technologies. The different CPU cores are built following the design methodology of Centaur Technology.-Samuel 2 and Ezra cores:...

     - 2001
  • AMD Athlon XP Thoroughbred, Thorton, and Barton
  • AMD Athlon MP Thoroughbred - 2002-08-27
  • AMD Athlon XP-M Thoroughbred, Barton, and Dublin
  • AMD Duron
    Duron
    The AMD Duron was an x86-compatible microprocessor manufactured by AMD. It was released on June 19, 2000 as a low-cost alternative to AMD's own Athlon processor and the Pentium III and Celeron processor lines from rival Intel...

     Applebred - 2003-08-21
  • AMD K7 Sempron
    Sempron
    Sempron has been the marketing name used by AMD for several different budget desktop CPUs, using several different technologies and CPU socket formats. The Sempron replaced the AMD Duron processor and competes against Intel's Celeron series of processors...

     Thoroughbred-B, Thorton, and Barton - 2004-07-28
  • AMD K8 Sempron
    Sempron
    Sempron has been the marketing name used by AMD for several different budget desktop CPUs, using several different technologies and CPU socket formats. The Sempron replaced the AMD Duron processor and competes against Intel's Celeron series of processors...

     Paris - 2004-07-28
  • AMD Athlon 64
    Athlon 64
    The Athlon 64 is an eighth-generation, AMD64-architecture microprocessor produced by AMD, released on September 23, 2003. It is the third processor to bear the name Athlon, and the immediate successor to the Athlon XP...

     Clawhammer and Newcastle - 2003-09-23
  • AMD Opteron
    Opteron
    Opteron is AMD's x86 server and workstation processor line, and was the first processor which supported the AMD64 instruction set architecture . It was released on April 22, 2003 with the SledgeHammer core and was intended to compete in the server and workstation markets, particularly in the same...

     Sledgehammer - 2003-06-30
  • Elbrus E2K 1891ВМ4Я (1891VM4YA) - 2008-04-27 http://www.mcst.ru/b_4-5.shtml
  • MCST R-500S 1891BM3 - 2008-07-27 http://www.mcst.ru/b_18-19.shtml
  • Vortex 86SX - http://www.dmp.com.tw/
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