Foundries call off patent war
GlobalFoundries and TSMC have called off their legal battle with a wide-ranging patent cross-licensing deal.
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X-Fab expands MPW access through Europractice
Mixed-signal foundry X-Fab has expanded the range of processes that it will offer for prototyping through the Europractice service.
Future memories not so future any more
Non-volatile alternatives to flash are finally moving out of the lab as Applied Materials launches production tools and Arm starts pushing MRAM.
Mentor automates silicon photonics layout
The LightSuite Compiler produces designs based on Python descriptions and certifies them DRC-clean through hooks into the market-leading Calibre DFM suite.
GlobalFoundries stops 7nm work to focus on existing processes
GlobalFoundries has decided to put development of its 7nm process on the backburner and focus on its existing finFET and FD-SOI processes.
Mentor builds links for multichip package integration
Mentor, a Siemens business, has formed an alliance with foundries and OSAT providers and launched a flow that brings IC and package design together.
GlobalFoundries ports MRAM to 22nm FD-SOI
GlobalFoundries has introduced an embedded-MRAM option for its 22nm FD-SOI process: the 22FDX platform.
X-Fab aims at lower-cost SiC with upgraded 6in line
X-Fab Silicon Foundries has upgraded its 6in fab in Lubbock, Texas to handle silicon carbide wafers in parallel with existing silicon production.
Mentor’s Wally Rhines on M&A ‘merger mania’
...and why the semiconductor industry hasn't been singularitied down to one MegaSemis Inc even if that's what M&A data suggests.
Samsung taps Mentor tools for higher yielding close-loop DFM
Samsung bases PRISM and FLARE defect analysis and optimization on Mentor Graphics' Calibre and Tessent. Yields rise. Ramps shorten.
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