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ST’s FD-SOI Wins EETimes ACE Award… and Customers! Thumbnail

ST’s FD-SOI Wins EETimes ACE Award… and Customers!

Posted by on May 2, 2013
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Two important FD-SOI wins for STMicroelectronics have just been announced: The EETimes ACE Award for Energy Technology; Customers. The Energy Technology Award was presented at a ceremony for the 2013 Annual Creativity in Electronics (ACE) Awards. It is given by EETimes and EDN, two of the most prominent trade-media sources in electronics. The ACE Awards …

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IBM: FinFET Isolation Considerations and Ramifications – Bulk vs. SOI Thumbnail

IBM: FinFET Isolation Considerations and Ramifications – Bulk vs. SOI

Posted by (IBM) on April 18, 2013
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Fully-depleted transistor technologies, both planar and fin-type, are now in the mainstream for product designs. One of the many interesting topics in the new 3D FinFET technology is the approach to isolation. In this article, key elements that differentiate junction-isolated (bulk) and dielectric-isolated (SOI) FinFET transistors are discussed, encompassing aspects of process integration, device design, …

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GF’s Two Flavors of FD-SOI – Kengeri Explains (Exclusive ASN Q&A) Thumbnail

GF’s Two Flavors of FD-SOI – Kengeri Explains (Exclusive ASN Q&A)

Posted on April 15, 2013
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Hearing the news that GlobalFoundries would be offering two flavors of FD-SOI, ASN asked the company to explain the strategy further. Here are the responses provided by Subi Kengeri, Vice President of Advanced Technology Architecture. What do you see as the FD-SOI benefits for chip designers? Lower SRAM Vmin for retention and lower operating Vmin …

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(Free!) FD-SOI & SOI-FinFET Workshop During VLSI Taiwan (22 April ’13) Thumbnail

(Free!) FD-SOI & SOI-FinFET Workshop During VLSI Taiwan (22 April ’13)

Posted on April 11, 2013
In Editor's Blog

If you’re going to be at the upcoming International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems and Applications (aka VLSI-TSA), you won’t want to miss the FD-SOI Technology Forum on Monday night, April 22nd, 2013. (Not to worry if you won’t be in Taiwan – these workshops are now in their 5th year, and the presentations from …

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Over 50% of smartphones/tablets contain SOI? Think RF. Thumbnail

Over 50% of smartphones/tablets contain SOI? Think RF.

Posted by on March 11, 2013
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In a recent press release, the SOI wafer leader Soitec said that chips built on its SOI wafers were found in over half of the smartphones and tablets in the market worldwide. 50%? That’s a lot! How do they figure that? The answer: RF. With all the talk right now about FD-SOI for application processors, …

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