To provide a semiconductor device that enables to suppress a defect
density of a gate insulating film of an MISFET, gain a sufficient
electric characteristic thereof, and make an Equivalent Oxide Thickness
(EOT) of the gate insulating film 1.0 nm or less. The MISFETs are formed
to have the gate insulating film formed on a main surface of a silicon
substrate, and a gate electrode formed on the gate insulating film,
wherein the gate insulating film includes a metal silicate layer formed
by a metal oxide layer and a silicon oxide layer and the metal silicate
layer is formed so as to have concentration gradients of metal and
silicon from a silicon substrate side toward a gate electrode side.