Quote Originally Posted by Hans de Vries View Post
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeater_insertion

The RC wire delay is the delay through a wire due to it's (R)esistance
and parasitic (C)apacitance.

A low-k dielectric reduces the parasitic capacitance.


Regards, Hans
Thanks.

If I'm not mistaken GF's 32nm SOI process tech will use high-k dielectric instead of low-k dielectric.