<s>
The	O
180	B-Algorithm
nm	I-Algorithm
process	I-Algorithm
is	O
a	O
MOSFET	B-Architecture
(	O
CMOS	B-Device
)	O
semiconductor	O
process	O
technology	O
that	O
was	O
commercialized	O
around	O
the	O
1998	O
–	O
2000	O
timeframe	O
by	O
leading	O
semiconductor	O
companies	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
TSMC	O
and	O
Fujitsu	O
,	O
then	O
followed	O
by	O
Sony	O
,	O
Toshiba	O
,	O
Intel	O
,	O
AMD	O
,	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
and	O
IBM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
origin	O
of	O
the	O
180nm	B-Algorithm
value	O
is	O
historical	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
reflects	O
a	O
trend	O
of	O
70%	O
scaling	O
every	O
2	O
–	O
3	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
CPUs	B-Device
manufactured	O
with	O
this	O
process	O
include	O
Intel	O
Coppermine	O
family	O
of	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
III	I-General_Concept
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
technology	O
using	O
a	O
gate	O
length	O
shorter	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
light	O
used	O
for	O
contemporary	O
lithography	B-Algorithm
,	O
which	O
had	O
a	O
wavelength	O
of	O
193nm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
more	O
recent	O
microprocessors	O
and	O
microcontrollers	B-Architecture
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
PIC	B-Architecture
)	O
are	O
using	O
this	O
technology	O
because	O
it	O
is	O
typically	O
low	O
cost	O
and	O
does	O
not	O
require	O
upgrading	O
of	O
existing	O
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
sponsored	O
open-source	O
hardware	O
projects	O
using	O
GlobalFoundaries	O
180nm	B-Algorithm
MCU	O
(	O
microcontroller	B-Architecture
)	O
process	O
on	O
multi-project	O
wafers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
an	O
IBM	O
research	O
team	O
led	O
by	O
Iranian	O
engineer	O
Bijan	O
Davari	O
fabricated	O
a	O
180nm	B-Algorithm
dual-gate	B-Algorithm
MOSFET	I-Algorithm
using	O
a	O
CMOS	B-Device
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
180nm	B-Algorithm
CMOS	B-Device
process	O
was	O
later	O
commercialized	O
by	O
TSMC	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
Fujitsu	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
