EDN

TSMC Certifies Synopsys’ Digital and Custom Solutions for 16-nm FinFET Process

Collaboration on Synopsys' StarRC™ and QuickCap® tools for 3-D parasitic extraction Solution deployed by early adopters of TSMC FinFET process Includes Synopsys' IC Compiler™, IC Validator, StarRC, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

How FinFET Device Performance Is Affected By Epitaxial Process Variations

As the need to scale transistors to ever-smaller sizes continues to press on technology designers, the impact of parasitic resistance and capacitance can approach or even outpace other aspects of ...
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 ...
EDN

All you need to know about GAA chip manufacturing process

The gate-all-around (GAA) semiconductor manufacturing process, also known as gate-all-around field-effect transistor (GAA-FET) technology, defies the performance limitations of FinFET by reducing the ...
Custom PC Review

GLOBALFOUNDRIES 7nm FinFET Process Will Provide 30% Performance Increase, Double Logic Density

GLOBALFOUNDRIES recently announced their upcoming 7nm FinFET manufacturing process which is expected to go into production in early 2018. According to the GLOBALFOUNDRIES, their new 7nm FinFET ...
Yahoo

Cadence Announces Tapeout of 14nm Test-Chip With ARM Processor and IBM FinFET Process Technology

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 30, 2012) - Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), a leader in global electronic design innovation, announced today the tapeout of a 14-nanometer test-chip ...
HotHardware

Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 Uses Rival Samsung's Second Gen 14nm FinFET Process

Samsung today announced that it's begun mass producing 14nm LPP (Low-Power Plus) logic chips based on its three-dimensional (3D) FinFET process. The South Korean chip maker also confirmed that ...
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 ...
Android Police

Samsung's 2nd Gen FinFET 14nm Process Is Ready For The Exynos 8 Octa And, Surprisingly, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

Rita was a Managing Editor at Android Police. Once upon a time, she was a pharmacist as well. Her love story with Android started in 2009 and has been going stronger with every update, device, tip, ...
Digi Times

SMIC to move 12nm FinFET process to risk production by year-end 2019

China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) has kicked off volume production of 14nm FinFET chips, and plans to move a newer 12nm FinFET process to risk production by the end of 2019, ...
Android Authority

Samsung announces Exynos 7 Octa SoC based on 14nm FinFET process

On Sunday, Samsung announced that its next generation 14nm chip manufacturing process is now ready for mass production. The smaller, more energy efficient chips are expected to power a range of future ...