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AMD Bulldozer Architecture Leverages 32nm SOI

Posted on November 24, 2011
In ASN #18, End-User Apps, SOI In Action
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With performance, efficiency, and power optimization as top priorities, AMD’s innovative Bulldozer architecture is built on 32nm SOI. As of the Fall of 2011, AMD is shipping both client and server CPUs based on the new Bulldozer architecture. The first of the new APUs (CPU + GPU) incorporating Bulldozer modules will start shipping in 2012. …

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GF’s NY Fab 8 Debuts with IBM’s 32nm SOI

Posted by Adele HARS on January 16, 2012
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Excellent news:  the first chips produced at GlobalFoundries’ “Fab 8″ in upstate New York are based on IBM’s latest, 32nm SOI chip technology. In a joint press release, the two companies announced that the chips will be used by customers in networking, gaming and graphics. While the new chips began initial production at IBM’s 300mm …

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SOI Conference Shows SOI Driving Key Roadmaps

Posted by Adele HARS on October 14, 2011
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The 2011 IEEE SOI Conference, held in Tempe, AZ last week was not one to miss…but I did. Happily, I got the papers right away, along with observations shared by some of the folks who did get there. Highlights include excellent and insightful papers from ST, ARM, IBM, Intel, Peregrine and GlobalFoundries, plus many more that indicate …

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Major paper on porting SOC designs from bulk to FD-SOI released by SOI Consortium

Posted by Adele HARS on October 3, 2011
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What are you going to do with your SOCs at 20/22nm? The options seem to boil down to just staying on bulk CMOS, or changing to FinFETs or planar, fully-depleted (FD) SOI-based CMOS. Though some may find comfort in staying on bulk CMOS, it’s getting very complicated – and complicated get expensive fast. The FinFET …

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