Entries for July 2014
Will 7nm And 5nm Really Happen?
posted on July 24, 2014 14:05
Today’s silicon-based FinFETs could run out of steam at 10nm. If or when chipmakers move beyond 10nm, IC vendors will require a new transistor architecture.
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After Moore’s Law: More With Less
posted on July 24, 2014 14:04
In the decades when Moore’s Law went unquestioned, the industry was able to migrate to the next smaller node and receive access to more devices that could be used for increased functionality and additional integration.
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Nanotubes May Put IBM Watson in a Pocket
posted on July 24, 2014 14:03
SAN FRANCISCO — Carbon nanotubes hold the promise of packing the computing power of an IBM Watson system into a smartphone, says a Stanford researcher.
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IP And FinFETs At Advanced Nodes
posted on July 24, 2014 14:02
Experts at the table, part 2: FinFETs become more complex at each new node; stacked die IP challenges; including the package in the simulation; local versus global design concerns.
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Moore’s Law is Dead – (Part 3) Where?
posted on July 24, 2014 14:01
Lead bongo player of physics Richard Feynman famously said, “There’s plenty of room at the bottom,” and in 1959 when the IC was invented a semiconductor device was composed of billions of atoms so it seemed that it would always be so. Today, however, we can see the atomic limits of miniaturization on the horizon, and we can start to imagine the smallest possible functioning electronic device.
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Applied Materials and Tokyo Electron unveil new company name
posted on July 14, 2014 14:05
Applied Materials, Inc. and Tokyo Electron Limited today unveiled the new name and logo of their combined company which will be used once the merger closes.
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Why An IBM Sale Matters
posted on July 14, 2014 14:04
The rumored sale of IBM’s semiconductor unit to GlobalFoundries could add some interesting capabilities for the foundry, including deep process technology and expertise. It also could have some far-reaching effects for the entire semiconductor industry.
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TSMC to speed up development of 10nm process
posted on July 14, 2014 14:03
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to speed up the development of its 10nm process to fend off competition from Samsung Electronics, which reportedly has landed 14nm FinFET chip orders from Qualcomm, according to industry sources.
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Intel to unveil 14nm processors and 10nm wafers at IDF San Francisco
posted on July 14, 2014 14:02
Despite delaying its 14nm processor mass production to the fourth quarter of 2014, Intel is still set to showcase its 14nm processors at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco in September as originally scheduled, according to sources from the upstream supply chain. Intel will also unveil its 10nm wafers at the show.
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Moore’s Law is Dead – (Part 2) When?
posted on July 14, 2014 14:01
Moore’s Law had been on life support ever since the industry started needing Double-Patterning (DP) at 1/4-pitch of 193nm optical lithography.
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