Samsung Electronics today announced that it reached another milestone in the development of 14-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology with the successful tape-out of multiple development vehicles in ...

SAN JOSE, CA--(Marketwired - Apr 8, 2013) - Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS), today announced an ongoing multi-year agreement with TSMC to develop the design infrastructure for 16-nanometer ...

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 ...

Santa Clara, Calif., June 2, 2015 – GLOBALFOUNDRIES, a leading provider of advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology, today announced it has reached a critical milestone in providing a robust ...

Synopsys has introduced the 2014.09 release of its IC Compiler place and route product which has advanced support for finfet-based design. Capabilities include look-ahead technologies, first ...

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Sept. 23, 2013-- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a global leader providing software, IP and services used to accelerate innovation in chips and electronic systems, today ...

It costs nearly three times more to design a finFET-based chip than a 28nm planar chip, and it takes more than twice as long to get working silicon. The foundry business is heating up as some new and ...

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 ...

GlobalFoundries launched a new technology designed for the expanding mobile market. The company's 14nm-XM offering will give customers the performance and power benefits of three-dimensional "FinFET" ...

As the semiconductor industry transitions to finFETs, reliability challenges are increasing. ESD designers are challenged with new issues that would require significant rethinking and redesign of ...

Synopsys has launched Custom Compiler, a design solution intended to close what the company calls a FinFET productivity gap. Dave Reed, director of marketing for Synopsys’ mixed signal and analogue ...

Faraday Technology, an ASIC design service and IP provider, has launched design implementation services for FinFET technology targeting all foundries. This flexible service leverages Faraday’s ASIC ...