Engadget

ARM and TSMC team up on 64-bit chips and FinFET transistors

Multi-year agreement drives alignment of next-generation processor, physical IP, and process technology foruse in high-performance, energy-efficient mobile and enterprise markets Hsinchu, Taiwan and ...
Custom PC Review

Intel Details 10nm FinFET Process: Boasts 25% Improved Performance, 45% Better Power Efficiency, 2.7x Increased Transistor Density

At Intel’s recent Technology and Manufacturing Day, Intel presented more details regarding its 10nm FinFET manufacturing process. In the presentation materials, Intel highlighted some of the major ...
ZDNet

The race to the FinFETs

The demand for smartphones and tablets with better performance and longer battery life has been driving the industry to come up with chips that are faster, smaller and use less power. To remain on ...
EDN

Synopsys and UMC Collaborate to Accelerate Development of UMC’s 14-nm FinFET Process

First collaboration milestone speeds validation of IP and design correlation on UMC's 14-nm FinFET process Process qualification vehicle validates key process and IP test structures Tapeout helps ...
Nasdaq

TSMC Certifies Synopsys' Digital and Custom Design Platforms on TSMC 5nm FinFET Process Technology

IC Compiler II and Design Compiler Graphical provide a complete digital implementation flow delivering optimized power, performance, area, and full via pillar support StarRC, PrimeTime, NanoTime, and ...
Design-Reuse

Samsung's 14nm FinFET Process Technology Ecosystem Solidly in Place for Mobile Consumer and IT Infrastructure SoC Applications

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jun 02, 2014 -- Stating that not all FinFETs are created equal, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a global leader in advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that the IP and ...
Phys.org

ARM and TSMC collaborate to optimize next-generation 64-bit processors for FinFET process technology

TSMC and ARM today announced a multi-year agreement extending their collaboration beyond 20-nanometer (nm) technology to deliver ARM processors on FinFET transistors, enabling the fabless industry to ...
Nasdaq

Samsung Foundry Certifies Synopsys Design Compiler NXT for 5/4nm FinFET Process Technologies

Customers adopting Design Compiler NXT report significant reduction in runtimes together with improvements in power, performance and area (PPA) New advanced optimizations, such as concurrent clock and ...
Nanowerk

Improved bulk FinFET fabrication process

(Nanowerk News) Bulk FinFETs are key devices for advanced technology node applications such as analog circuits and SRAMs because of a very good short channel effect control and transistor compactness.
Design-Reuse

Mentor certified for latest TSMC 5nm FinFET process and innovative TSMC-SoIC 3D chip stacking technology

Mentor, a Siemens business, today announced that several tools in its Calibre™ nmPlatform and Analog FastSPICE (AFS™) Platform have been certified on TSMC's 5nm FinFET process technology. Mentor also ...
EDN

Samsung and Synopsys Deliver Design Tools and IP for 14-nm FinFET Process

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today announced certification and immediate ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Using A Virtual DOE To Predict Process Windows And Device Performance Of Advanced FinFET Technology

With continuing finFET device process scaling, micro loading control becomes increasingly important due to its significant impact on yield and device performance [1-2]. Micro-loading occurs when the ...