What Happened To DSA?
posted on June 13, 2016 19:03
Directed self-assembly (DSA) was until recently a rising star in the next-generation lithography (NGL) landscape, but the technology has recently lost some of its luster, if not its momentum.
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The Other Side Of Device Scaling
posted on June 13, 2016 19:02
The push to 10nm and 7nm is a relatively straightforward path in PowerPoint. In multiple presentations across the semiconductor industry, in fact, it has been portrayed as a straight line progression spanning decades.
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Rethinking Processor Architectures
posted on June 13, 2016 19:01
The semiconductor industry’s obsession with clock speeds, cores and how many transistors fit on a piece of silicon may be nearing an end for real this time.
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Electromigration: Not Just Copper Anymore
posted on June 10, 2016 09:05
While integrated circuit manufacturers have worried about electromigration for a long time, until recently most of their concerns have focused on the on-chip interconnects.
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After a tumultuous year of consolidation, what comes next for the semiconductor industry?
posted on June 10, 2016 09:04
Semiconductors have been the foundation of Silicon Valley for decades. The industry has grown to more than $335 billion in revenue, but growth has slowed.
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Globalfoundries Working on Next-Gen FDSOI Process
posted on June 10, 2016 09:03
The 22FDX fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FDSOI) process developed by Globalfoundries Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.) is on track to debut later this year and the company is working on the follow-on process, according to chief technology officer Gary Patton.
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ITF2016: Learning curve goes on when Moore’s Law ends
posted on June 10, 2016 09:02
The semiconductor learning curve is one of the most perfect curves ever devised, Mentor CEO Wally Rhines told this week’s ITF2016 in Brussels, and even if Moore’s Law ends, as it must one day, the learning curve will live on.
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Moore on his Law and More
posted on June 10, 2016 09:01
BRUSSELS – In a video interview from his home in Hawaii, Gordon Moore shared his views on the future of technology including the future of his landmark prediction that has fueled the semiconductor industry since 1965.
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10nm Versus 7nm
posted on May 02, 2016 07:05
The silicon foundry business is heating up, as vendors continue to ramp their 16nm/14nm finFET processes. At the same time, they are racing each other to ship the next technologies on the roadmap—10nm and 7nm
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7Nm Fab Challenges
posted on May 02, 2016 07:04
Leading-edge foundry vendors have made the challenging transition from traditional planar processes into the finFET transistor era.
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