{"id":56600,"date":"2020-07-02T10:12:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T08:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/?p=56600"},"modified":"2020-07-02T10:12:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T08:12:14","slug":"optimized-for-ai-accelerator-applications-globalfoundries-12lp-finfet-solution-ready-for-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/56600-optimized-for-ai-accelerator-applications-globalfoundries-12lp-finfet-solution-ready-for-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimized for AI<\/span> Accelerator Applications, GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> 12LP<\/span>+ FinFET Solution Ready for Production"},"content":{"rendered":"

Built on a pro\u00adven plat\u00adform with a robust pro\u00adduc\u00adtion eco\u00adsys\u00adtem, 12LP<\/span>+ offers AI<\/span> appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon desi\u00adgners an effi\u00adci\u00adent deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment expe\u00adri\u00adence and fast time-to-market<\/em><\/p>\n

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San\u00adta Cla\u00adra, Calif., June 30, 2020<\/strong> \u2013 GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span>\u00ae (GF<\/span>\u00ae), the world\u2019s lea\u00adding spe\u00adcial\u00adty foundry, today announ\u00adced its most advan\u00adced Fin\u00adFET solu\u00adti\u00adon, 12LP<\/span>+, has com\u00adple\u00adted tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy qua\u00adli\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon and is rea\u00addy for production.<\/p>\n

GF<\/span>\u2019s dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted 12LP<\/span>+ solu\u00adti\u00adon is opti\u00admi\u00adzed for arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence (AI<\/span>) trai\u00adning and infe\u00adrence appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. Built on a pro\u00adven plat\u00adform with a robust pro\u00adduc\u00adtion eco\u00adsys\u00adtem, 12LP<\/span>+ offers chip desi\u00adgners an effi\u00adci\u00adent deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment expe\u00adri\u00adence and a fast time-to-market.<\/p>\n

Con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adting to its best-in-class com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon of per\u00adfor\u00admance, power and area, 12LP<\/span>+ intro\u00addu\u00adces new fea\u00adtures inclu\u00adding an updated stan\u00addard cell libra\u00adry, an inter\u00adpo\u00adser for 2.5D<\/span> pack\u00ada\u00adging, and a low-power 0.5V<\/span> Vmin SRAM<\/span> bit\u00adcell that sup\u00adports the low laten\u00adcy and power-effi\u00adci\u00adent shut\u00adt\u00adling of data bet\u00adween the AI<\/span> pro\u00adces\u00adsors and memo\u00adry. The result is a semi\u00adcon\u00adduc\u00adtor solu\u00adti\u00adon engi\u00adnee\u00adred to meet the spe\u00adci\u00adfic needs of the fast-gro\u00adwing AI<\/span> market.<\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Arti\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adal intel\u00adli\u00adgence is on a tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adry to beco\u00adme the most dis\u00adrup\u00adti\u00adve tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy of our life\u00adtime,\u201d said Amir Fain\u00adtuch, seni\u00ador vice pre\u00adsi\u00addent and gene\u00adral mana\u00adger of Com\u00adpu\u00adting and Wired Infra\u00adstruc\u00adtu\u00adre at GF<\/span>. \u201cIt is incre\u00adasing\u00adly clear that the power effi\u00adci\u00aden\u00adcy of AI<\/span> sys\u00adtems \u2013 in par\u00adti\u00adcu\u00adlar how many ope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons you can wrest from a watt of power \u2013 will be among the most cri\u00adti\u00adcal fac\u00adtors a com\u00adpa\u00adny con\u00adsiders when deci\u00adding to invest in data cen\u00adters or edge AI<\/span> appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. Our new 12LP<\/span>+ solu\u00adti\u00adon tack\u00adles this chall\u00adenge head-on. It has been engi\u00adnee\u00adred and opti\u00admi\u00adzed, obses\u00adsi\u00adve\u00adly so, with AI<\/span> in mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

12LP<\/span>+ builds upon GF<\/span>\u2019s estab\u00adlished 14nm\/12LP<\/span> plat\u00adform<\/a>, of which GF<\/span> has ship\u00adped more than one mil\u00adli\u00adon wafers. GF<\/span>\u2019s 12LP<\/span> is being used by com\u00adpa\u00adnies inclu\u00adding Enfla\u00adme<\/a>, Ten\u00adstor\u00adrent<\/a>, and others for AI<\/span> acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. By part\u00adne\u00adring clo\u00adse\u00adly and lear\u00adning from AI<\/span> cli\u00adents, GF<\/span> deve\u00adlo\u00adped 12LP<\/span>+ to pro\u00advi\u00adde grea\u00adter dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adti\u00adon and increased value for desi\u00adgners in the AI<\/span> space while mini\u00admi\u00adzing their deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and pro\u00adduc\u00adtion costs.<\/p>\n

Dri\u00adving the enhan\u00adced per\u00adfor\u00admance of 12LP<\/span>+ are fea\u00adtures inclu\u00adding a 20-per\u00adcent SoC-level logic per\u00adfor\u00admance boost over 12LP<\/span>, and a 10-per\u00adcent impro\u00adve\u00adment in logic area sca\u00adling. The\u00adse advance\u00adments are achie\u00adved in 12LP<\/span>+ through its next-gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon stan\u00addard cell libra\u00adry with per\u00adfor\u00admance-dri\u00adven area opti\u00admi\u00adzed com\u00adpon\u00adents, sin\u00adgle Fin cells, a new low-vol\u00adta\u00adge SRAM<\/span> bit\u00adcell, and impro\u00adved ana\u00adlog lay\u00adout design rules.<\/p>\n

12LP<\/span>+, a spe\u00adcia\u00adli\u00adzed appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon solu\u00adti\u00adon, is aug\u00admen\u00adted by GF<\/span>\u2019s AI<\/span> design refe\u00adrence packa\u00adge, as well as GF<\/span>\u2019s co-deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, pack\u00ada\u00adging, and post-fab turn\u00adkey ser\u00advices \u2013 which tog\u00ade\u00adther enable a holi\u00adstic expe\u00adri\u00adence for desig\u00adning low-power, cost-effec\u00adti\u00adve cir\u00adcuits opti\u00admi\u00adzed for AI<\/span> appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. Clo\u00adse col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon bet\u00adween GF<\/span> and its eco\u00adsys\u00adtem part\u00adners results in cost-effec\u00adti\u00adve deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment cos\u00adts and a quicker time to market.<\/p>\n

In addi\u00adti\u00adon to 12LP<\/span>\u2019s exis\u00adting IP<\/span> port\u00adfo\u00adlio, GF<\/span> will expand the IP<\/span> vali\u00adda\u00adti\u00adons for 12LP<\/span>+ to include PCIe 3\/4\/5 and USB<\/span> 2\/3 to host pro\u00adces\u00adsors, HBM2<\/span>\/2e, DDR<\/span>\/LPDDR4<\/span>\/4x and GDDR6<\/span> to exter\u00adnal memo\u00adry, and chip-to-chip inter\u00adcon\u00adnect for desi\u00adgners and cli\u00adents pur\u00adsuing chip\u00adlet architectures.<\/p>\n

GFs\u2019 12LP<\/span>+ solu\u00adti\u00adon has been qua\u00adli\u00adfied and is curr\u00adent\u00adly rea\u00addy for pro\u00adduc\u00adtion at GF<\/span>\u2019s Fab 8 in Mal\u00adta, New York. Seve\u00adral 12LP<\/span>+ tape-outs are sche\u00addu\u00adled for the second half of 2020. GF<\/span> recent\u00adly announ\u00adced it would bring its Fab 8 faci\u00adli\u00adty into com\u00adpli\u00adance with both the U.S. Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Traf\u00adfic in Arms Regu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons (ITAR<\/span>) stan\u00addards and the Export Admi\u00adnis\u00adtra\u00adti\u00adon Regu\u00adla\u00adti\u00adons (EAR<\/span>). The\u00adse new con\u00adtrol assu\u00adran\u00adces, which will go into effect later this year, will make con\u00adfi\u00adden\u00adtia\u00adli\u00adty and inte\u00adgri\u00adty pro\u00adtec\u00adtions available for defen\u00adse-rela\u00adted appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons, devices or com\u00adpon\u00adents manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adred at Fab 8.<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> to learn more about GF<\/span>\u2019s 12LP<\/span> 12nm Fin\u00adFET technology.<\/p>\n

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

GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span> (GF<\/span>) is the world\u2019s lea\u00adding spe\u00adcial\u00adty foundry. GF<\/span> deli\u00advers dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted fea\u00adture-rich solu\u00adti\u00adons that enable its cli\u00adents to deve\u00adlop inno\u00adva\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00adducts for high-growth mar\u00adket seg\u00adments. GF<\/span> pro\u00advi\u00addes a broad ran\u00adge of plat\u00adforms and fea\u00adtures with a uni\u00adque mix of design, deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment and fabri\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon ser\u00advices. With an at-sca\u00adle manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring foot\u00adprint span\u00adning the U.S., Euro\u00adpe and Asia, GF<\/span> has the fle\u00adxi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adty and agi\u00adli\u00adty to meet the dyna\u00admic needs of cli\u00adents across the glo\u00adbe. GF<\/span> is owned by Muba\u00add\u00ada\u00adla Invest\u00adment Com\u00adpa\u00adny. For more infor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, visit www.globalfoundries.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Built on a pro\u00adven plat\u00adform with a robust pro\u00adduc\u00adtion eco\u00adsys\u00adtem, 12LP<\/span>+ offers AI<\/span> appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon desi\u00adgners an effi\u00adci\u00adent deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment expe\u00adri\u00adence and fast time-to-mar\u00adket San\u00adta Cla\u00adra, Calif., June 30, 2020 \u2013 GLOBALFOUNDRIES<\/span>\u00ae (GF<\/span>\u00ae), the world\u2019s lea\u00adding spe\u00adcial\u00adty foundry, today announ\u00adced its most advan\u00adced Fin\u00adFET solu\u00adti\u00adon, 12LP<\/span>+, has com\u00adple\u00adted tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgy qua\u00adli\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon and is rea\u00addy for pro\u00adduc\u00adtion. GF<\/span>\u2019s dif\u00adfe\u00adren\u00adtia\u00adted 12LP<\/span>+ (\u2026) Wei\u00adter\u00adle\u00adsen \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":593,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1368,1015],"class_list":["post-56600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pressemitteilungen","tag-12lp","tag-globalfoundries","entry"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/593"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56601,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56600\/revisions\/56601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.planet3dnow.de\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}