“Transistor characteristics in advanced technology nodes are strongly impacted by devices design and process integration choices. Variation in the layout and pattern configuration in close proximity ...

Globalfoundries wants to show that it can play the 3D transistor game as well as Intel. Its newly unveiled 14nm-XM (Extreme Mobility) modular architecture uses the inherently low-voltage, low-leak ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Mar. 30, 2016 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that the company's new Custom Compiler™ tool (see today's news release) has been certified by TSMC for 10-nanometer ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Mar. 30, 2016 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today unveiled Custom Compiler™, a new custom design solution that closes the FinFET productivity gap by shortening custom design ...

FinFET technology is seen as the answer to fabrication processes below 20 nm. However, FinFET also presents a lot of uncertainty and concern related to defect manifestation, necessary test methods, ...

FinFET transistors are now in production at the major foundries, having gone from drawing board to products on the shelf in record time. FinFET adoption has been growing steadily because they deliver ...

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today introduced major enhancements to its Cadence ® Virtuoso ® custom IC design platform that improve electronic system ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and HSINCHU, Taiwan, March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Highlights: Custom Compiler support brings visually-assisted automation to UMC customers New industry-standard interoperable ...

The costs behind moving to 14-nm processes present a huge need to design right first and take a 360-level view when dealing with advanced lithography at an atomic level. The next challenge in ...

Since the inception of the integrated-circuit (IC) industry, design metrics such as performance, power, area, cost, and time-to-market have remained the same. In fact, Moore’s law is all about ...