Editing Silicon on insulator (section)

== Use in the microelectronics industry ==
[[IBM]] began to use SOI in the high-end [[RS64#RS64-IV|RS64-IV]] "Istar" PowerPC-AS microprocessor in 2000. Other examples of microprocessors built on SOI technology include [[AMD]]'s 130&nbsp;nm, 90&nbsp;nm, 65&nbsp;nm, 45&nbsp;nm and 32&nbsp;nm single, dual, quad, six and eight core processors since 2001.<ref>{{cite web |last=Vries |first=Hans de |date= |title=Chip Architect: Intel and Motorola/AMD's 130 nm processes to be revealed. |url=http://chip-architect.com/news/2000_11_07_process_130_nm.html |access-date=22 April 2018 |website=chip-architect.com}}</ref> [[Freescale]] adopted SOI in their [[PowerPC]] 7455 CPU in late 2001, currently{{when|date=April 2018}} Freescale is shipping SOI products in 180&nbsp;nm, 130&nbsp;nm, 90&nbsp;nm and 45&nbsp;nm lines.<ref>{{cite web |author= |date= |title=NXP Semiconductors - Automotive, Security, IoT |url=http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?nodeId=0121000303#soi |access-date=22 April 2018 |website=www.freescale.com}}</ref> The 90&nbsp;nm [[PowerPC]]- and [[Power ISA]]-based processors used in the [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 3]], and [[Wii]] use SOI technology as well. Competitive offerings from [[Intel]] however continue{{when|date=April 2018}} to use conventional [[bulk CMOS]] technology for each process node, instead focusing on other venues such as [[HKMG]] and [[tri-gate transistor]]s to improve transistor performance. In January 2005, Intel researchers reported on an experimental single-chip silicon rib waveguide Raman laser built using SOI.<ref name="Intel 20052">{{cite journal |last1=Rong |first1=Haisheng |last2=Liu |first2=Ansheng |last3=Jones |first3=Richard |last4=Cohen |first4=Oded |last5=Hak |first5=Dani |last6=Nicolaescu |first6=Remus |last7=Fang |first7=Alexander |last8=Paniccia |first8=Mario |date=January 2005 |title=An all-silicon Raman laser |url=http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/uoeg/publications/papers/Rong05nature.pdf |journal=Nature |volume=433 |issue=7042 |pages=292–4 |doi=10.1038/nature03723|pmid=15931210 |s2cid=4423069 }}</ref>

As for the traditional foundries, in July 2006 [[TSMC]] claimed no customer wanted SOI,<ref>{{cite web |author= |date= |title=TSMC has no customer demand for SOI technology |publisher=Fabtech: The online information source for semiconductor professionals |url=http://www.fabtech.org/content/view/1698/74/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928162940/http://www.fabtech.org/content/view/1698/74/ |archive-date=28 September 2007 |access-date=22 April 2018 }}</ref> but [[Chartered Semiconductor]] devoted a whole fab to SOI.<ref>[http://www.charteredsemi.com/media/corp/2006n/20060420_IBM_SOI.asp Chartered expands foundry market access to IBM's 90nm SOI technology]</ref>