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

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

Posted by 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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Considerations for Bulk CMOS to FD-SOI Design Porting – Key Excerpts Thumbnail

Considerations for Bulk CMOS to FD-SOI Design Porting – Key Excerpts

Posted on December 5, 2011
In ASN #18, Special supplement: SOI Industry Consortium
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The latest white paper from SOI Consortium members is loaded with technical information. The full paper is available on the website. Here are some of the highlights. In approaching a bulk-to-FD-SOI port, different perspectives can be taken: IP Porting: The focus may be to easily port the libraries and other IP available in Bulk to …

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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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