monolithic 3DIC

June 16, 2020

Transistor stacks piled high at VLSI

As 2D scaling becomes increasingly difficult, researchers reporting at VLSI Symposia have focused attention on what can be done in the third dimensions to improve density and performance without a sudden break from conventional CMOS processes.
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October 14, 2019

Integration forms highlights of upcoming IEDM

Different forms of heterogeneous integration take center stage at the IEEE International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) in December this year.
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December 5, 2018

Leti takes the heat off monolithic 3D

CEA-Leti claimed at IEDM to have achieved major steps in bringing monolithic 3D integration closer to production readiness.
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June 22, 2018

Imec stacks transistors for denser 3nm option

Imec proposes using stacked CMOS transistors and buried power rails to improve density for the 3nm process node.
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December 6, 2017

European teams explore 3D integration tradeoffs

Two leading European research institutes presented their work on the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of monolithic 3D integration at this year's IEDM.
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May 19, 2017

FinFET-project growth ‘stunning’ says EDA exec

Machine learning, smarter cars, and the infrastructure to support a sixfold increase in IoT and edge devices have helped push up the number of teams doing finFET designs to more than 100, according to Tom Beckley of Cadence.
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December 12, 2016

IEDM explores faces of 3D monolithic integration

What will 3D integration look like? IEDM 2016 explored some of the options ranging from IoT sensors to advanced logic.
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June 9, 2016

2D tools adapt to create smaller monolithic 3DIC designs

Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology adapted conventional 2D layout tools to a two-layer monolithic 3D process that resulted in sizeable space and power savings.
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January 7, 2015

CEA-Leti deals with heat issue on monolithic 3DIC

At IEDM 2014, CEA-Leti presented a technique that prevents damage to base-layer transistors in monolithic 3DIC processes. As work progresses, the institute is preparing to receive 3DIC designs in 2017.
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June 5, 2014

3D and EDA need to make up for Moore’s Law, says Qualcomm

Qualcomm is looking to monolithic 3D and smart circuit architectures to make up for the loss of traditional 2D process scaling as wafer costs for advanced nodes continue to increase.
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