Intel will take a stake in semiconductor tools company ASML and invest in its research and development efforts,to advance manufacturing technologies that will help Intel produce smaller and more power-efficient chips,the chip maker ...
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Delta Microelectronics has become a Globalfoundries channel and Asic partner covering Europe,Middle East and Africa(EMEA). The semiconductor design and production services firm Delta will offer Globalfoundries semiconductor fabrication ...
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14nm finfet technology will level the playing field for the fabless community by giving them a process as good as anything available in the IDM community,Mojy Chian,senior vice president for design enablement at Globalfoundries,told the ...
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ARM will develop a full platform of ARM Artisan Physical IP, which includes standard cell libraries, memory compilers and POP IP applications Chip designer ARM and computer chip-maker GlobalFoundries have signed an agreement to jointly ...
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Taipei, Dec. 6, 2012 (CENS)--Industry executives pointed out that GlobalFoundries and United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC) might form partnership against No.1 silicon foundry, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC), in the formula of ...
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Taipei, Dec. 5, 2012 (CENS)--Industry executives have regarded an Nvidia executive's statement in a recent interview with a South Korean newspaper as the company's inclination to contract Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) as its ...
Tags: Samsung, TSMC, semiconductor, 20nm process, silicon foundry, tablet PCs
Just two weeks after revealing its plans for adopting ARM for low-power server technology,chip designer AMD has put itself up for sale–with a slew of industry companies,including Intel,Google,Samsung and Facebook–mentioned as ...
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Chip designer ARM has unveiled a new series of 64-bit microprocessors intended to drive the company into the server market. The launch comes a day after Intel's rival in desktop and server computing microprocessors, AMD, revealed its plans ...
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STMicroelectronics has taped out a dozen SOCs on Samsung's 32/28nm HKMG process.The chips are for mobile,consumer and network applications. "We have successfully started production of STMicroelectronics'new-generation 32/28nm SoC ...
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The process technology gap between the top foundries and the others is a enormousa,says IC Insights. Only four companies out of 18 pure-play foundries can make leading edge ICs and only four others have a 90nm capability. a In 2012,TSMC ...
Tags: IC, TSMC, UMC, SMIC, FinFET IC technology, Electrical&Electronics
Globalfoundries says it will match Intel in having 14nm finfet chips taped out next year and volume production in 2014.PDKs are available now. The process is running in GF's new fab in Saratoga County near New York. 14nm is the ...
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The race to manufacture the most power-efficient and fastest chips is gaining momentum, with contract chip manufacturer GlobalFoundries on Thursday announcing technology advances that analysts said could allow the company to catch ...
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Samsung at$13.1bn capex,Intel at$11.2bn,TSMC at$8.3bn,Hynix at$3.7bn and GlobalFoundries at$3.1bn are expected to account for 64%of the$61.4bn in semiconductor capex forecast for 2012,says IC Insights. Back in 2005,the top 5 companies ...
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2013 may be another golden year for fab equipment spending,says SEMI,with growth of 17%to almost $43bn. The last two golden years were 2007 and 2011,says SEMI:"Although spending in 2012 will decline,it may still turn out to be the third ...
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STMicroelectronics'strategy of being a'competitive follower'in process technology means that the advantage in gaining access to processing equipment gained by the Intel,Samsung,TSMC lithographic alliance with ASML will not affect ST. "We ...
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