Memory Drives Chip Growth
posted on December 30, 2016 17:03
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Sales of memory chips will increase 10% next year to a new record high of $85.3 billion, according to the latest report from IC Insights. Increases are forecast to continue with sales reaching nearly $110.0 billion in 2021.
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China Dominates Planned Chip Fabs
posted on December 30, 2016 17:02
SAN FRANCISCO—More than 40% of front end semiconductor fabs scheduled to begin operation between 2017 and 2020 are in China, a clear indication that China’s long-stated ambition to build a significant domestic semiconductor industry is taking shape.
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Uncertainty Grows For 5nm, 3nm
posted on December 30, 2016 17:01
As several chipmakers ramp up their 10nm finFET processes, with 7nm just around the corner, R&D has begun for 5nm and beyond. In fact, some are already moving full speed ahead in the arena.
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Moore’s Law did indeed stop at 28nm
posted on September 20, 2016 13:05
As we have predicted two and a half years back, the industry is bifurcating, and just a few products pursue scaling to 7nm while the majority of designs stay on 28nm or older nodes.
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Global Foundries plans multibillion-dollar investment at Fab 8
posted on September 20, 2016 13:04
MALTA — GlobalFoundries announced Thursday it plans a multibillion-dollar investment at its Fab 8 computer chip factory in Malta to start making next generation 7-nanometer chips for customers.
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GF Debuts 7nm, Embedded MRAM
posted on September 20, 2016 13:03
SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Globalfoundries announced plans for a 7nm FinFET process that can deliver chips with up to 30% more performance or 60% less power consumption than its current 14nm node. The process will be in production in late 2018, delivering fin pitches "getting down into the 30nm range," initially using only today’s optical lithography.
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7Nm Market Heats Up
posted on September 20, 2016 13:02
The 7nm finFET market is heating up in the foundry business amid the ongoing push to develop chips at advanced nodes.
Not long ago, TSMC announced plans to enter the 7nm finFET market. In addition, Intel and Samsung are also separately planning to enter the 7nm finFET race.
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Intel will be at 10nm for many years
posted on September 20, 2016 13:01
For more than a decade, Intel was driven by a "tick/tock" development model. The "tick" took place one year and was a manufacturing process shrink, from 45nm to 32nm, for example. The "tock," which took place one year later, was a whole new microarchitecture, such as Penryn to Nehalem.
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3D-NAND Deposition and Etch Integration
posted on September 13, 2016 15:05
3D-NAND chips are in production or pilot-line manufacturing at all major memory manufacturers, and they are expected to rapidly replace most 2D-NAND chips in most applications due to lower costs and greater reliability.
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Globalfoundries Preps 12nm FDSOI Process
posted on September 13, 2016 15:04
Globalfoundries Inc. has announced a next-generation FDSOI process to follow on from the 22FDX process that is nearing production. The company has also announced the presence of EDA and IP companies Cadence and Synopsys within the FDXelerator ecosystem development program for FDSOI.
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