20nm

The increasing use of graphics in mobile SoCs means that finFET processes need to be optimised for density and power - as well as early availability at low risk.

EDA companies are having to plan for the different ways in which double patterning and finFETs could move into fabs, Antun Domic of Synopsys explains.

An early shift to finFET processes is making developing IP libraries more challenging.

Cadence Design Systems has built into its latest Virtuoso update features designed to tackle the problems of working with the 20nm generation of processes with finer control over layout-dependent effects, double patterning and new types of local interconnect.

20nm design is fraught with problems for analog design but one that causes the biggest headaches is density variation, says Synopsys' Joachim Kunkel.

finFETs are vital to the next generation of CMOS processes from Intel, TSMC and others. How will process issues including bulk vs SOI substrates, density limitations, thickness control, and planar device integration affect their practical implementation?

The Mentor chief discusses ESL-based low power, emulation, 32nm to 20nm and using tools in the cloud.

IP and EDA vendors line up to support TSMC 20nm process, CoWoS 3DIC technology

Intel finFET family grows to support SoC use, as TSMC boosts p-channel performance with germanium

Manufacturability, routing, library design and more - it all needs rethinking at 20nm