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Articles by Horacio MENDEZ

Horacio MENDEZ

Horacio MENDEZ has written 6 articles on Advanced Substrate News.

Executive Director, SOI Industry Consortium

Charting the Way for Porting SOCs to FD-SOI

Posted by Horacio MENDEZ (SOI Industry Consortium) on November 24, 2011
In ASN #18, Special supplement: SOI Industry Consortium

Members of the SOI Consortium have released a major white paper addressing the porting of SOC designs from bulk to FD-SOI. SOC designers face a critical juncture at 20/22nm. Choices must be made whether to stay on bulk CMOS, change to a FinFET architecture, or move to planar, fully-depleted (FD) SOI-based CMOS. Power management and …

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FD-SOI update

Posted by Horacio MENDEZ (SOI Industry Consortium) on May 27, 2011
In ASN #17, Special supplement: SOI Industry Consortium
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Data indicates that fully-depleted (FD) SOI offers an ideal combination for achieving ultra-low-power, high-performance and cost-effective manufacturability. Companies in the SOI Consortium are working together on furthering the development and technology evaluations. February Results at the Circuit Level A group of companies within the SOI Consortium (ARM, Global Foundries, IBM, SOITEC, ST and Leti), have …

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Green and Growing

Posted by Horacio MENDEZ (SOI Industry Consortium) on May 27, 2009
In ASN #12, Special supplement: SOI Industry Consortium
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Despite the crises in the worldwide economy, market opportunities for SOI continue to expand.Those that can play the innovation card this year will be the ones ready with the right new products and technologies when growth returns. We are continuing in high gear. In meeting with companies across the globe, I’ve witnessed keen interest in …

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Into the New Year

Posted by Horacio MENDEZ (SOI Industry Consortium) on December 3, 2008
In ASN #11, Special supplement: SOI Industry Consortium
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The SOI Industry Consortium recently celebrated our one-year anniversary. Congratulations to one and all on our accomplishments to date. Our first ever Member Event was held in November in Silicon Valley. About 70 people gathered to learn from each other, plan for the future, share information and celebrate the success of our fi rst year. …

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Getting the Word Out

Posted by Horacio MENDEZ (SOI Industry Consortium) on July 16, 2008
In ASN #10, Special supplement: SOI Industry Consortium
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The consortium’s director reports on recent events, activities and accomplishments. These last few months the SOI Industry Consortium has raised its profile, and undertaken strategic steps in getting the word out on SOI. The joint survey with the GSA is very successful (see the cover of this issue of ASN for details). It shows we’re …

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Where Leaders Are Partnering

Posted by Horacio MENDEZ (SOI Industry Consortium) on May 14, 2008
In ASN #9, Special supplement: SOI Industry Consortium
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The SOI Industry Consortium, which I have the honor to lead, is now in full swing. New members are coming on board, and our committees are meeting regularly and making very rapid progress.I’m happy to report that the levels of energy and enthusiasm are incredible, the collaboration is fantastic and the expertise is excellent. “The …

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