GUEST SPOT
In “SOI for ASICs,” ARM CTO Mike Muller explains why SOI technology is a powerful tool in the quest for optimized performance and power consumption.
END USER APPS
The Power of SOI for Analog

• How Infineon is using cost-efficient SOI technology for appliance-bound driver ICs.

• A look at the role of SOI in TI’s BICOM3 process for “real world” high-speed and high-precision analog components.

Shown here in pilot production, Infineon’s new EiceDRIVER™ 6ED003L06-F.
(Courtesy: Infineon Technologies)
PEOPLE
IBM's Ghavam Shahidi wins J.J. Ebers award. Chartered's Fab 7 takes SI’s Top Fab honors.


Innovative Silicon wins ACE, IEEE Spectrum, Frost & Sullivan awards - and more.


George Celler co-chairs SiWEDS IAB.
SHOPTALK
 
New in-line inspection equipment from KT KT sorts out killer from cleanable at 45nm.
LABNEWS
Atmel leads Medea+ smart power program.


SOI innovators in core group coordinating €3 billion EU program.
R&D OUTLOOK
Soitec CTO Carlos Mazure explains why high-k, metal gates and SOI promise to be a winning combination.

PROFESSOR'S PERSPECTIVE

 
Leading expert Jerry Fossum of U.Florida/Gainesville maintains that SOI is the only pragmatic approach to MuGFETs.
INNOVATOR'S INSIGHT
The CEO of Soitec shares his vision of broadening partnership in the advanced substrates community.
III-V CORNER
How composite, engineered substrates can solve the GaN dilemma.



Final inspection of a 4” SopSiC wafer.
(Courtesy: Picogiga International)
E2E
New technology moves processed circuits onto the best substrate for the application.


These circuits were first fabricated on SOI wafers, then transferred using TraciT’s technology onto fused silica wafers shown here. (Photo credit: Soitec / Christian Morel)
EDITORIAL
The democratization of advanced substrates.

Thank you!

A special thanks goes to our colleagues at ARM, Infineon, TI, IBM, Chartered, ISi, K-T, U.Florida/Gainesville, TraciT, Soitec and Picogiga for their help with this issue.
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