Conference

October 11, 2013

Verification Futures rolls out in Europe next month

The one-day conference series features the latest innovations from many verification vendors in separate UK, France and Germany editions.
October 1, 2013

TSMC 16nm finFET, Ge 20nm p-finFET set for IEDM

TSMC 16nm finFET process and efforts to increase p-finFET mobility using germanium to be detailed at December's International Electron Devices Meeting.
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May 5, 2013

IEDM2013 call for papers closing soon

It's time to act if you want your semiconductor device or process research to be considered for presentation at IEDM 2013 in Washington DC this December.
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December 11, 2012

FD-SOI vs finFETs mulled during IEDM

Can planar devices on fully depleted SOI resist the relentless rise of finFETs as the next device architecture of choice for the semiconductor industry? An evening panel at IEDM explored the trade-offs
December 11, 2012

Semiconductor roadmap gets fuzzier at IEDM

Semiconductor process options outlined at IEDM by Luc van den Hove of imec as industry faces hard choices and rising costs
December 10, 2012

Germanium finFETs, TFETs and MEMS modelled at IEDM

The modelling track at IEDM 2012 showed how germanium could be used in 14nm finFETs. Other work focused on tunnel FETs and analyzing MEMS using Spice.
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December 4, 2012

FinFET tipsheet for IEDM

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?
October 25, 2012

Ambipolar FETs are an each-way bet

Ambipolar FETs, which can be n or p-type dependent on a control gate, could offer a new way to design circuits at 20nm and below.
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October 15, 2012

FinFETs face planar fightback at IEDM

Advanced SOI devices with hybrid channel materials may challenge the finFET's future dominance, says IBM
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October 11, 2012

Intel, TSMC finFETs to star at IEDM

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