New SOI-based products target communications infrastructure. Consider the communications processor market, which Freescale dominates with its PowerQUICC architecture and 83% market share (Gartner Dataquest 2003). To date, Freescale has shipped nearly 200 million communications processors to more than 500 customers worldwide; many of these devices are now at 130nm process technology. As of this year, …

SOI-based products help win new customers. AMD, a long-time favorite of discerning PC buyers, is now the undisputed leader in 64-bit microprocessor performance for x86-based servers and worksta-tions. The growing success of AMD64 processors in enterprise-class computing can be attributed in part to the company’s move to SOI, which has enabled AMD to achieve industry-leading …

The inventor of Smart Cut technology, Dr. Bruel reflects on its impact for the industry. I knew a time when it was very common to encounter people who didn’t believe in the future of SOI technology, when people thought that only bulk silicon technologies would solve microelectronics’ new challenges.

To make cars more comfortable, convenient, safe and secure, leading car makers such as DaimlerChrysler, BMW, Ford, GM and VW are using In-Vehicle Networking (IVN) systems that can consist of anywhere from 10 to 100 chips. The primary IVN networking protocol, Controller Area Network or CAN, is used throughout the car in body, chassis and …

Many defense electronics contractors have a need for advanced signal processing solutions that can fit into space constrained platforms, such as the new, smaller Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), as well as in pods under manned aircraft and smaller ground vehicles. The signal processing systems on all these platforms must be able to function under difficult …

Casio calls its new Atomic-Solar G-Shock watch “the hottest G-Shock available”. As heralded in a recent press release, “The toughest watch in the world is now the smartest watch in the world.” It gets its power from the sun and its time from the Atomic Clock in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Although the basic principles of Silicon-On- Insulator (SOI) technology are simple, the ramifications are far reaching. The use of SOI reduces parasitic capacitance around embedded circuit elements, reduces leakage currents, and enhances isolation between circuit elements. These improvements affect switching speed, threshold voltage, power consumption, noise, and the minimum space needed between components embedded in …