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

Posted by Thomas SKOTNICKI (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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