1.5 µm process

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  – ~2018 5 nm – ~2020
Half-nodes

The 1.5 µm process is the level of semiconductor process technology that was reached around 1982 by leading semiconductor companies such as Intel and IBM.

Products featuring 1.5 µm manufacturing process

• Intel 80286 CPU launched in 1982 was manufactured using this process.

• The Amiga Advanced Graphics Architecture (initially sold in 1992) included chips such as Denise that were manufactured circa in a 1.5um CMOS process.

External links

• Brief timeline of microprocessor development

Preceded by 3 µm process

CMOS manufacturing processes

Succeeded by 1 µm process