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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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Charting the Way for Porting SOCs to FD-SOI

Posted by (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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ST: FD-SOI for Competitive SOCs at 28nm and Beyond

Posted by (STMicroelectronics) on November 18, 2011
In ASN #18, Design & Manufacturing, In & Around Our Industry
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STMicroelectronics sees its flavor of planar FD-SOI as an excellent response to the complex needs of mobile multimedia chips. The multi-functional system-on-chips (SOC) needed at the heart of the next generations of wireless, high-performance, low-power multimedia devices have very different needs than the mono-functional processors of the past. Traditionally, the trade-off for computers and servers …

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SOI Luminaries Earn Top IEEE Honors

Posted on November 11, 2011
In ASN #18, In & Around Our Industry, People
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The IEEE is once again giving two of its most prestigious awards to some of the SOI and advanced substrate industry’s leading figures. There are few greater honors in engineering than the IEEE  Technical Field Awards (TFAs). And once again, people who work in advanced substrates are among the recipients of two major awards: the …

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Bulk logic designs for mobile apps port directly to FD-SOI

Posted by (ARM) on November 4, 2011
In ASN #18, Design & Manufacturing, In & Around Our Industry
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Bulk logic designs can be ported directly to FD-SOI for high-performing, low-power mobile apps. Fully-depleted (FD)-SOI is a potential alternative to BULK 20nm. But what sort of the impact will that have on the design flow? The short answer is: very little. Designs for low-power mobile applications in 28nm bulk benefit significantly in terms of …

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