"32-nanometre" refers to the average half-pitch (i.e., half the distance between identical features) of a memory cell at this technology level.
In 2004, IBM demonstrated a 0.143 μm2 SRAM cell with a poly gate pitch of 135 nm, produced using electron-beam lithography and photolithography on the same layer.
[12] TSMC similarly used double patterning combined with immersion lithography to produce a "32 nm" node 0.183 μm2 six-transistor SRAM cell in 2005.
The module could reportedly achieve data transfer rates of 2.133 Gbit/s at 1.2V, compared to 1.35V and 1.5V DDR3 DRAM at an equivalent "30 nm-class" process technology with speeds of up to 1.6 Gbit/s.
The module used pseudo open drain (POD) technology, specially adapted to allow DDR4 SDRAM to consume just half the current of DDR3 when reading and writing data.
Intel's 6-core processor, codenamed Gulftown and built on the Westmere architecture, was released on 16 March 2010 as the Core i7 980x Extreme Edition, retailing for approximately US$1,000.
In September 2011, Ambarella Inc. announced the availability of the "32 nm"-based A7L system-on-a-chip circuit for digital still cameras, providing 1080p60 high-definition video capabilities.