Após alguns meses de rumores, a GF anuncia um novo processo, "22nm" FD-SOI, a razão das aspas:
O anúncio
http://globalfoundries.com/newsroom...ustry-s-first-22nm-fd-soi-technology-platform
variantes/opções
A apresentação
http://www.semiwiki.com/forum/files/22FDSOI Product Briefing Deck FINAL (rev W).pdf
GlobalFoundries FD-SOI. Yes, It's True
Globalfoundries Launches Own FDSOI Processes
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1327137&page_number=1
Globalfoundries' CEO: Why FD-SOI and Why Now
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1326954Gerd Teepe, director and design engineering at GlobalFoundries...
...He said, “We are developing 22nm FD-SOI process technology right now.” The plan is to qualify the process by early 2016 and start volume production by the end of 2016. Asked about what the company’s 22nm FD-SOI process entails, Teepe explained, “We are using STMicroelectronics’ 14nm FD-SOI in our frontend, while using 28nm FD-SOI in the backend.”
O anúncio
http://globalfoundries.com/newsroom...ustry-s-first-22nm-fd-soi-technology-platform
variantes/opções
A apresentação
http://www.semiwiki.com/forum/files/22FDSOI Product Briefing Deck FINAL (rev W).pdf
GlobalFoundries FD-SOI. Yes, It's True
https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/cont...-true.html?s=ae47378672c649345170a42a3be1eeec...It turns out that for high performance designs (Intel microprocessors obviously) that FinFET is great. Really high drive, some capacitance stuff to deal with but...yes...fast. But for really low power and low cost without that screaming performance it was not so good.
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Globalfoundries Launches Own FDSOI Processes
http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1327137&page_number=1
Globalfoundries' CEO: Why FD-SOI and Why Now
http://www.eetimes.com/author.asp?s...0404ce6602435177&doc_id=1327141&page_number=1"FinFET is very good for high cost, high volume, high performance applications. But there are many applications in IoT and mobile which require much lower power consumption."
So why didn't Globalfoundries come earlier with a 28nm FD-SOI offering?
"The 22nm process overcomes some challenges at 28nm. The transistor is better and the 20 percent area scaling we get makes up for the cost of the substrate," Jha said. "That means we can offer better performance at the same cost as 28nm [alternatives to FD-SOI],"