Node Generation definition
Node Generation means a generation of DRAM manufacturing process technology that results in substantial manufacturing efficiencies through either a reduction in the minimum repeatable half pitch of a device (minimum physical feature size or line width) relative to the prior generation of such technology (e.g., the 42nm Process Node or the 30nm Process Node, etc.) or a change in memory cell architecture (e.g., 4F2 and 6F2 cells). The minimum physical feature size or line width of one manufacturer’s Process Node does not need to be exactly the same as that of another manufacturer’s Process Node in order for both Process Nodes to be of the same Node Generation. For example, a 16nm DRAM Process Node belongs to the same generation as a 17nm or 14nm DRAM Process Node. For the avoidance of doubt, Micron’s 1X DRAM Process Node is the next Node Generation after (and therefor in a different Node Generation than) Micron’s 20nm DRAM Process Node.