Quote Originally Posted by Chumbucket843 View Post
also gate last is inferior to gate replacement integration. in gate replacement you can optimize both pmos and nmos transistors. the problem is that intel has patented a lot of ip with respect to HK/MG. i dont know if glofo wants to license intel's patents.
Just to correct a glitch: It's gate first HKMG SOI that GloFo has unwisely chosen. Intel uses replacement gate, a.k.a. gate last.

Interesting about GF using mostly the 45nm metal stack @ 32nm.