{"id":32670,"date":"2017-06-24T01:24:12","date_gmt":"2017-06-23T23:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=32670"},"modified":"2017-06-24T01:24:12","modified_gmt":"2017-06-23T23:24:12","slug":"globalfoundries-on-track-to-deliver-leading-performance-7nm-finfet-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/32670-globalfoundries-on-track-to-deliver-leading-performance-7nm-finfet-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> on Track to Deliver Leading-Performance 7nm FinFET Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

San\u00adta Cla\u00adra, Calif., June 13, 2017 \u2013 <\/strong>GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> today announ\u00adced the avai\u00adla\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty of its 7nm Lea\u00adding-Per\u00adfor\u00admance (7LP<\/span>) Fin\u00adFET semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, deli\u00adve\u00adring a 40 per\u00adcent gene\u00adra\u00adtio\u00adnal per\u00adfor\u00admance boost to meet the needs of appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons such as pre\u00admi\u00adum mobi\u00adle pro\u00adces\u00adsors, cloud ser\u00advers and net\u00adwor\u00adking infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre. Design kits are available now, and the first cus\u00adto\u00admer pro\u00adducts based on 7LP<\/span> are expec\u00adted to launch in the first half of 2018, with volu\u00adme pro\u00adduc\u00adtion ram\u00adping in the second half of 2018.<\/p>\n

In Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 2016, GF<\/span> announ\u00adced plans<\/a> to deve\u00adlop its own 7nm Fin\u00adFET tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy lever\u00adaging the company\u2019s unmat\u00adched heri\u00adta\u00adge of manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring high-per\u00adfor\u00admance chips. Thanks to addi\u00adtio\u00adnal impro\u00adve\u00adments at both the tran\u00adsis\u00adtor and pro\u00adcess levels, the 7LP<\/span> tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy is excee\u00adding initi\u00adal per\u00adfor\u00admance tar\u00adgets and expec\u00adted to deli\u00adver grea\u00adter than 40 per\u00adcent more pro\u00adces\u00adsing power and twice the area sca\u00adling than the pre\u00advious 14nm Fin\u00adFET tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy. The tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy is now rea\u00addy for cus\u00adto\u00admer designs at the company\u2019s lea\u00adding-edge Fab 8 faci\u00adli\u00adty in Sara\u00adto\u00adga Coun\u00adty, N.Y.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Our 7nm Fin\u00adFET tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment is on track and we are see\u00ading strong cus\u00adto\u00admer trac\u00adtion, with mul\u00adti\u00adple pro\u00adduct tapeouts plan\u00adned in 2018,\u201d said Gregg Bart\u00adlett<\/a>, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of the CMOS<\/span> Busi\u00adness Unit at GF<\/span>. \u201cAnd, while dri\u00adving to com\u00admer\u00adcia\u00adli\u00adze 7nm, we are actively deve\u00adlo\u00adping next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies at 5nm and bey\u00adond to ensu\u00adre our cus\u00adto\u00admers have access to a world-class road\u00admap at the lea\u00adding edge.\u201d<\/p>\n

GF<\/span> also con\u00adti\u00adnues to invest in rese\u00adarch and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment for next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy nodes. In clo\u00adse col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with its part\u00adners IBM<\/span> and Sam\u00adsung, the com\u00adpa\u00adny announ\u00adced<\/a> a 7nm test chip in 2015, fol\u00adlo\u00adwed by the recent announce\u00adment<\/a> of the industry\u2019s first demons\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon of a func\u00adtio\u00adning 5nm chip using sili\u00adcon nano\u00ads\u00adheet tran\u00adsis\u00adtors. GF<\/span> is explo\u00adring a ran\u00adge of new tran\u00adsis\u00adtor archi\u00adtec\u00adtures to enable its cus\u00adto\u00admers to deli\u00adver the next era of con\u00adnec\u00adted intelligence.<\/p>\n

GF<\/span>\u2019s 7nm Fin\u00adFET tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy lever\u00ada\u00adges the company\u2019s volu\u00adme manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring expe\u00adri\u00adence with its 14nm Fin\u00adFET tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, which began pro\u00adduc\u00adtion in ear\u00adly 2016 at Fab 8. Sin\u00adce then, the com\u00adpa\u00adny has deli\u00adver\u00aded \u201cfirst-time-right\u201d designs for a broad ran\u00adge of customers.<\/p>\n

To acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adte the 7LP<\/span> pro\u00adduc\u00adtion ramp, GF<\/span> is inves\u00adt\u00ading in new pro\u00adcess equip\u00adment capa\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties, inclu\u00adding the addi\u00adti\u00adon of the first two EUV<\/span> litho\u00adgra\u00adphy tools in the second half of this year. The initi\u00adal pro\u00adduc\u00adtion ramp of 7LP<\/span> will be based on an opti\u00adcal litho\u00adgra\u00adphy approach, with migra\u00adti\u00adon to EUV<\/span> litho\u00adgra\u00adphy when the tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy is rea\u00addy for volu\u00adme manufacturing.<\/p>\n

Sup\u00adport\u00ading Quotes<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We are very plea\u00adsed with the lea\u00adding-edge tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy that GF<\/span> is brin\u00adging with its advan\u00adced 7nm pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy. Our col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve work with GF<\/span> is focu\u00adsed on crea\u00adting high-per\u00adfor\u00admance pro\u00adducts that will dri\u00adve more immersi\u00adve and instinc\u00adti\u00adve com\u00adpu\u00adting experiences.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mark Paper\u00admas\u00adter, CTO<\/span> and seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent of tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy and engi\u00adnee\u00adring, AMD<\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>IBM<\/span> is com\u00admit\u00adted to mee\u00adting the rising demands of cogni\u00adti\u00adve sys\u00adtems and cloud com\u00adpu\u00adting. GF<\/span>\u2019s lea\u00adding per\u00adfor\u00admance in 7LP<\/span> pro\u00adcess tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, reflec\u00adting our joint Rese\u00adarch col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, will allow IBM<\/span> Power and Main\u00adframe sys\u00adtems to push bey\u00adond limi\u00adta\u00adti\u00adons to pro\u00advi\u00adde high-per\u00adfor\u00admance com\u00adpu\u00adting solu\u00adti\u00adons while aggres\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly pur\u00adsuing 5nm to advan\u00adce our lea\u00adder\u00adship for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tom Ros\u00ada\u00admi\u00adlia, Seni\u00ador Vice Pre\u00adsi\u00addent, IBM<\/span> Systems<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>While not the only important fac\u00adtor in a suc\u00adcessful tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy, tran\u00adsis\u00adtor geo\u00adme\u00adtry still plays a part. This is an important fab mile\u00adstone on the jour\u00adney to 7nm volu\u00adme pro\u00adduc\u00adtion, demons\u00adt\u00adra\u00adting that GF<\/span>\u2019s pro\u00adcess is matu\u00adre enough to start working on real cus\u00adto\u00admer pro\u00adduct designs. At the same time, the com\u00adpa\u00adny is alre\u00ada\u00addy making solid pro\u00adgress toward deli\u00adve\u00adring 5nm and bey\u00adond. The\u00adre are only a handful of com\u00adpa\u00adnies in the world capa\u00adble of dri\u00adving this type of lea\u00adding-edge inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adon, and GF<\/span> is cle\u00adar\u00adly sta\u00adking its cla\u00adim as a mem\u00adber of this eli\u00adte group.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patrick Moor\u00adhead, Pre\u00adsi\u00addent &<\/span> Prin\u00adci\u00adpal Ana\u00adlyst, Moor Insights &<\/span> Strategy<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>GF<\/span> con\u00adti\u00adnues to demons\u00adtra\u00adte America\u2019s lea\u00adder\u00adship in advan\u00adced tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy. If they con\u00adti\u00adnue this pro\u00adgress on 7nm, GF<\/span> will be the first com\u00adpa\u00adny to leapfrog a full node. Ever\u00adyo\u00adne that\u2019s tried it in the past has fai\u00adled well befo\u00adre this point in the pro\u00adcess. It\u2019s a com\u00adple\u00adte\u00adly new stra\u00adte\u00adgic approach for extra\u00adc\u00adting value from Moore\u2019s Law. By biting the bul\u00adlet and skip\u00adping 10nm, GF<\/span> ope\u00adned up the tech\u00adni\u00adcal band\u00adwidth to attack 7nm head-on. Others have been divi\u00adding their resour\u00adces and going for half- or even quarter-nodes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dan Hut\u00adche\u00adson, CEO<\/span> and Chair\u00adman of VLSI<\/span> Research<\/em><\/p>\n

About GF<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> is a lea\u00adding full-ser\u00advice semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor foundry pro\u00advi\u00adding a uni\u00adque com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of design, deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, and fabri\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon ser\u00advices to some of the world\u2019s most inspi\u00adred tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy com\u00adpa\u00adnies. With a glo\u00adbal manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring foot\u00adprint span\u00adning three con\u00adti\u00adnents, GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> makes pos\u00adsi\u00adble the tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and sys\u00adtems that trans\u00adform indus\u00adtries and give cus\u00adto\u00admers the power to shape their mar\u00adkets. GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> is owned by Muba\u00add\u00ada\u00adla Deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment Com\u00adpa\u00adny. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, visit http:\/\/www.globalfoundries.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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