InGaAs FinFET devices built on CMOS silicon
posted on November 15, 2013 20:04
Imec has announced successful replacement of silicon fins of a CMOS finFET transistor with compound semiconductor material InGaAs fins, so that compound semiconductor (III-V) material based finFETs can be fabricated on a silicon wafer.
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What’s down the road for bulk FinFETs
posted on November 15, 2013 20:03
For the 10nm node and beyond, transistor research efforts are focused on high mobility designs with Ge and III-V channel, reducing VDD supply voltage as well as the subthreshold slope in transistors and optimizing multi-Vt designs.
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Chip Industry tracking toward 450mm production in 2018
posted on November 15, 2013 20:02
Those big, 450-millimeter silicon wafers are finally rising over the chip industry’s horizon.
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TSMC seeing utilization rate of 28nm processes fall
posted on November 15, 2013 20:01
IC foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) capacity utilization of its 28nm processes has fallen to 70% due to a slowdown in orders for high-end mobile chips, according to industry sources.
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The Status of Moore's Law: It's Complicated
posted on October 29, 2013 20:05
One chilly Tuesday evening last December, dozens of physicists and engineers who dream up tomorrow’s transistors met in San Francisco to ponder the far future.
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The Tunneling Transistor
posted on October 29, 2013 20:04
Our always-on world of PCs, tablets, and smartphones has come about because of one remarkable trend: the relentless miniaturization of the metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor, or MOSFET.
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First Computer Made From Carbon Nanotubes Debuts
posted on October 29, 2013 20:03
The days of silicon’s reign may be numbered. A team has built a computer using carbon nanotubes.
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Transistor Life Extension Tech Goes Into Full Production
posted on October 29, 2013 20:02
Things seem to be picking up for SuVolta. Two years after the Los Gatos, Calif.-based start-up emerged from stealth mode, the first chips made using the company’s approach to energy savings may soon be set to ship.
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Combined Smartphone and Tablet Factory Revenue to Exceed Entire Consumer Electronics Market This Year
posted on October 29, 2013 20:01
In a dramatic sign of how consumer tastes have shifted to new, more exciting wireless products, global factory revenue for smartphones and tablets this year will rise to become larger than revenue for the entire consumer electronics (CE) market—the first time this has ever occurred.
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Extreme ultraviolet litho: Extremely late and can't even save Moore's Law
posted on October 22, 2013 12:05
To save Moore's Law, not only will the semiconductor industry need to move to not-yet-ready-for-prime-time extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV), it will also have to make a costly switch from the current 300mm wafer manufacturing standard to 450mm.
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