Foundry

November 12, 2014

Chip tariff eliminated and the big winner is… China?

Not just Intel and TI but also Lenovo and Huawei have cause to welcome end to 25% import tax. And could it even help reinvigorate Chinese start ups?
November 4, 2014

From Darwin to Mao: how multi-patterning could move up the flow

Are we torn between evolution and revolution? Mentor Graphics' Joe Sawicki discusses how pattern matching already in fabs could move up and radically alter the design flow.
October 20, 2014

IBM pays GlobalFoundries to take on chipmaking operation

GlobalFoundries is to acquire IBM's fabs in a deal that sees the server maker pay the foundry $1.5bn over five years and agree to exclusivity to 10nm.
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September 29, 2014

TSMC adds sub-micron low-leakage processes

TSMC has launched three processes the foundry is aiming at internet-of-things (IoT) and wearable-device designs, providing lower-leakage versions of its 55nm, 40nm and 28nm processes.
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September 11, 2014

TSMC: e-beam winning on cost over EUV for lithography

EUV may be getting most R&D cash but the world's biggest foundry says e-beam currently has the edge on defects and double patterning.
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July 25, 2014

GlobalFoundries licenses atomistic TCAD simulator toolchain

Foundry licenses atomistic TCAD simulator to better understand key aspects of advanced process nodes.
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July 15, 2014

Cadence targets finFETs with RC extraction speedup

Cadence has launched a parasitic-extraction tool that takes better advantage of multiple computers and which has been certified for TSMC's 16nm finFET process.
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July 4, 2014

Qualcomm takes 28nm to China in SMIC deal

Chinese foundry Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is to get a helping hand to develop a production-class 28nm process from Qualcomm Technologies.
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June 13, 2014

Path to 5nm plotted at DAC panel

Panel discusses Moore's law scaling beyond the 14nm node to 5nm, where economic, device, interconnect, materials, lithography and design issues abound
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June 12, 2014

Internet of Things: an opportunity, but for whom?

Building the internet of Things will demand collaboration and a healthy ecosystem
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