3D-IC cooling ascends the agenda
US defense research agency DARPA sets targets for cooling overall systems and hot spots in stacked silicon, and backs joint research from Rockwell-Collins and Georgia Tech.
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Intel and ST stake claims to foundry low power designs
With both now more dependent on foundry business for their finFET (trigate) and FDSOI offerings, DATE was a chance to push their innovations in low power.
DATE: Silicon Europe plans to build cluster of clusters
Four of the European centers for electronics research and business development have set up a project to try to create a virtual “silicon cluster” that aims ultimately to build a worldwide development network for energy-efficient systems.
FD-SOI costs to match bulk by year end, says ST
STMicroelectronics pushes on with FDSOI despite dissolution of ST-Ericcson joint venture that provided the lead customer for the process.
EDA sets sail in a ‘sea of processors’
The purchase of Tensilica by Cadence Design Systems could prove the way that EDA and multicore-based system design come together.
ISSCC 2013: Energy harvesting needs to prioritize
ISSCC expert panel highlights lowering power over energy sources and identifies the need to focus on the product rather than the technology
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
Oxygen injection for go-faster 14nm transistors
Mears Technologies and UC Berkeley describe at IEDM 2012 how oxygen in a silicon superlattice could boost performance beyond strained silicon at 14nm.
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.
EDA and IP vendors roll out support for TSMC’s 20nm, 3DIC processes
IP and EDA vendors line up to support TSMC 20nm process, CoWoS 3DIC technology
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