Cisco has to fab chips at an Intel foundry
Analysis: It isn't a choice as much as a requirement
Cisco is going to make chips with Intel as a foundry for one simple reason, they have to.
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Global Foundries talks about TSVs on 20nm
Wafers fully baked and work just fine
Global Foundries has taken a huge step toward mass-market TSVs with their first 20nm wafer with that technology.
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ARM and TSMC tape out 20nm FinFET Coretex-A57 CPU
History is made at night, character is what you are in the dark. - Lord John Whorfin
It looks like TSMC and ARM are getting serious about 64-bit CPUs, they just taped out a Coretex-A57 CPU on 20nm.
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What is Apple doing at 14nm?
Analysis: 20nm long decided, 14nm choices will shape everyone's options
There has been a lot of speculation about Apple and fabs lately, so let’s go over what SemiAccurate is hearing.
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Analysis: Intel fab utilization rates speak volumes
One number given, a few more dug up
There have been a lot of rumors about Intel fab utilization recently, so SemiAccurate dug in to the news and uncovered some interesting numbers.
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EUV moves forward two steps, back one
Common Platform 2013: Progress moves on, big challenges ahead
One of the burning questions in the foundry world of late is what node will EUV be introduced on.
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Global Foundries expands their IP menu
Common Platform 2013: Six new appetizers before the main course
SemiAccurate talked about the process side of Global Foundries a few days ago, but being a foundry is much more than printing designs.
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Global Foundries lays out their FinFET plans
Common Platform 2013: Welcome to the new 14XM and 10XM processes
Global Foundries laid out their roadmap for the next few years at Common Platform, and this time it went to the 10nm node.
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Samsung shows off 14nm test wafer
Common Platform 2013: Hybrid 20nm/14nm process is the next big thing at CP
Samsung was showing off their 20nm/14nm hybrid process wafers at Common Platform, the first one SemiAccurate has seen in the flesh.
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ST-Ericksson puts out a 2.5GHz phone chip
CES 2013: A novel 28nm FD-SOI process makes it all possible
ST-Ericksson just came out of nowhere with a novel FD-SOI 28nm process that they developed to take the phone SoC speed crown. Updated
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Nvidia’s Maxwell process choice
Analysis: 28nm versus 20nm in 2014
The first few scraps of information about Nvidia’s Maxwell generation are coming out, and they have some really serious implications.
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Qualcomm moves majority of production to Global Foundries
Just like we said over a month ago
Recently, Qualcomm has been the subject of many rumors on fabbing and capacity.
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Where will AMD make 28nm APUs?
Question answered in the Q1 conference call
AMD solved a mystery about where the next gen parts are going to be fabbed in yesterday’s conference call.
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Global Foundries shares the cost of doing business
Common Platform 2012: Upwards for both mood and costs
Of the three keynotes at the recent Common Platform conference, Global Foundries was tasked with discussing the business side of things.
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Fabless Works for AMD
Deep partnerships with both Global Foundries and TSMC keep things humming...
There have been a lot of stories lately about AMD’s future. One rather overlooked story is how AMD is moving forward with its fabless supply chain strategy.
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