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December 16, 2014

14nm/16nm finFETs debut at IEDM

The International Electron Device Meeting (IEDM) has once again provided a chance for the major chipmakers to go head-to-head with their latest processes - this time with finFETs.
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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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July 2, 2014

OpenPDK accelerates design kit production at ST

STMicroelectronics is using the OpenPDK standard from Si2 to speed up the production and delivery of process design kits (PDKs) and asks for wider adoption by foundries.
June 20, 2014

14nm FD-SOI pushes strain and body bias for power savings

At the VLSI Technology Symposium a team led by STMicroelectronics described the techniques used for the upcoming 14nm FD-SOI to boost speed and density over the 28nm version.
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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 9, 2014

Applications won’t find all the bugs, but they have their uses

Can applications provide useful input for verification? They can but not when run straight out of the box, panelists at DAC 2014 said.
April 15, 2014

Common Platform foundry alliance to be wound down

But some research and process collaboration is set to continue in the background as Samsung, GlobalFoundries and IBM chart their own priorities.
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October 11, 2013

India outlines subsidies for foundry fab plan

The Indian government will meet up to a quarter of initial capital costs for a foundry capable of nodes up to 45nm and 40,000 wafer starts per month at 300mm.
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August 12, 2013

CDNLive Boston to tackle mixed-signal design, host exhibit

Taking place in Chelmsford, MA on 27 August, the conference will feature user-authored papers, tutorials, a designer expo and keynotes from Cadence and IBM.
February 20, 2013

ISSCC 2013: IBM adds digital logic synthesis methodology for System z

The paper on the 32nm upgrade to Big Blue's family of server chips also detailed how the company is tackling BTI.
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