December 28, 2011 — According to the Mayan Calendar, the world is supposed to end in December of 2012. The microprocessor will be over 40 years old, and 22nm devices will be ramping in production. 2012 promises much for the semiconductor industry, and the world.
The chip industry will see two different device types ramping in 2012: second-generation 2xnm NAND flash, and Intel