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 …

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 …

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 …

For those new to FD-SOI, here’s a short description of the basic principles. FD SOI transistors are constructed on an ultrathin Silicon layer (< 10nm) set on the top of an ultra-thin BOX (thickness <20nm). This architecture represents a fundamental difference from previous generations of SOI and offers a distinct improvement in power, performance and …

Following the April 2011 VLSI-TSA and VLSI-DAT conferences in Hsinchu, Taiwan, the SOI Consortium hosted the fifth in its series of FD-SOI Workshops. All the presentations (as well as presentations from the previous workshops) can be downloaded from the Consortium website. Here are brief summaries. Introduction (by Horacio Mendez, SOI Consortium): gives an overview of …

One of the key projects currently underway within the SOI Consortium is to understand and provide guidance on the advantages and obstacles of porting SoC designs from Bulk to FD-SOI. This project represents a strategic opportunity to help drive the profile of FD SOI and participate in the emergence of this important technology. Objective: Analyze …

Now in their second year, these information-packed workshops are bringing in the key decision makers, and gathering ecosystem support. In partnership with our members and complementary organizations in research, academia and industry, the SOI Industry Consortium has been organizing a series of workshops on FD SOI. The goal is to provide the highest levels of …

Designers new to SOI will find a growing library of training materials in the “Design Clinics”, now online at the SOI Consortium website. The series includes: Video training:  presentations from the “SOI Jump Start” training which took place in San Jose, CA on April 28, 2010. This live event was hosted by Cadence and recorded …

Wondering who’s doing what on SOI? A new tool on the SOI Consortium website sorts through hundreds of application articles, with the option of filtering for any of the 90 companies or over 25 markets leveraging SOI. If you have SOI-based products you’d like listed in the apps finder, please send it in using the …

The theme of this year’s IEEE SOI Conference (San Diego, October 2010) Short Course was “Fully Depleted Device Technology for SOC.” Eight renowned experts in the field – all of whom were from SOI Consortium member companies – provided an excellent comprehensive overview of the ecosystem for fully depleted SOC architecture. The short course day …