EDA companies Cadence, Synopsys and Silvaco all gave excellent presentations at the SOI Consortium forums in Nanjing and Shanghai. Here’s a recap of what the Cadence folks said. (I’ll cover the Synopsys and Silvaco presentations in my next posts.) Design Wins At the Shanghai FD-SOI Forum. Dr. Qui Wang, VP & Chief of Staff, talked […]
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FD-SOI in China – Foundries See Interest Mounting Fast
The foundries sent their top guns to the FD-SOI Forums organized by the SOI Consortium and its members in Shanghai and Nanjing. This is a quick recap of what they said. GF: Winning with SOI “With FD-SOI, we can deliver a level of integration never before possible,” said GlobalFoundries CEO Sanjay Jah in his Shanghai […]
Press Heralds Lattice Semi’s Move to FD-SOI
The press is heralding Lattice Semi’s move to FD-SOI for all its new products. Recent articles in EE Journal, ElectronicsWeekly and eeNewsAnalog see it as a very savvy move. As noted on the Lattice website, their business is to provide “… smart connectivity solutions powered by our low power FPGA, video ASSP, 60 GHz millimeter […]
NXP crossover processor on FD-SOI will be even more spectacular (EETimes)
When the next generation of NXP’s ground-breaking “crossover processors” come out in 2018, they “…will use a fabric of i.MX 7 and 8 processors manufactured by using a 28-nm FDSOI process,” and they “…will be more spectacular and complex.” That’s what NXP’s senior vice president and general manager of microcontrollers Geoff Lees recently told EETimes […]
China FD-SOI/RF-SOI Presentations Posted; Events Confirm Tremendous Growth
The FD-SOI and RF-SOI events in Shanghai and Nanjing were absolute success stories. Over the course of five days, hundreds of executives and design engineers packed halls for talks by the leaders of the top ecosystem players, and for tutorials given by the world-renowned design experts. These annual events have been ongoing in China now […]
Where to Sign Up for FD-SOI and RF-SOI Learning Opps in China?
Suddenly they’re everywhere: opportunities to learn more about FD-SOI and RF-SOI. Over the next couple of months you can find them in China, Europe and Silicon Valley. Some are organized by the SOI Consortium, others by foundries and partners. Here’s a quick listing with links for more info on how to register for upcoming China […]
Customer demand drives Soitec launch of FD-SOI wafer pilot line in Singapore
SOI wafer leader Soitec is launching a pilot line to produce FD-SOI wafers in its Singapore wafer fab (press release here). This is the first stage in beginning FD-SOI production in Singapore and providing multi-site FD-SOI substrate sourcing to the global semiconductor market. “Our decision to launch this FD-SOI line in Singapore as well as the decision […]
Synopsys-GF-Qualcomm Panel, Leti/Fraunhofer Team Up – FD-SOI Center Stage at Leti Innovation Days
Before summer’s no more than a twinkle in our eyes, let’s take a moment to catch up on a key event where FD-SOI took center stage: Leti Innovation Days. French research powerhouse Leti was celebrating 50 years of innovation, so it was a real gala event. FD-SOI and other SOI technologies were seen and heard […]
GF Triples FDXcelerator Partner Base in 1st Year
As of September 2017, GlobalFoundries’ FDXcelerator program now counts 21 members. Its purpose is to extend the reach of the FD-SOI ecosystem, creating an open framework that allows these selected partners to integrate their products or services into a validated, plug-and-play catalog of design solutions. The program was first launched with seven partners in September […]
Tokyo SOI Workshop – Day 2 Recap (Part 2)
This is the second part of ASN coverage of Day 2 of the recent SOI Workshop in Tokyo, which was dedicated to the “Convergence of IoT, Automotive through Connectivity”. Many of the presentations are now posted and freely available – click here to see the full list. (In case you missed them, Day 1 and […]