GlobalFoundries 14nm Yields on Track
GlobalFoundries 14nm Yields on Track
Published: 17th July 2015 | Source: Globalfoundries |
GlobalFoundries 14nm Yields on Track
GlobalFoundries have confirmed that they have initiated high volume production on their 14nm LPE FinFET Processing node.
GlobalFoundries' Jason Gorss said this; “Our 14nm ramp is right on track and our yields are on par with our partner Samsung,” which is impressive given that Samsung is already using this process to create the Enyons SoC's used in their Galaxy S6 smartphone., which indicates that the process is commercially viable.
GlobalFoundries liscenced Samsung's 14nm LPE (Low Power Early) and 14nm LPP (Low Power Plus) FinFET processing nodes in late 2014, which are capable os increasing performance of chips by 20% at the same power consumption or at the same performance with a 35% reduction in power consumption when compared to existing 20nm processing nodes.
Many companies are eagerly waiting for smaller processing nodes to become available, with AMD being the company with the most to gain from a smaller, more efficient processing tech.
For GPUs the 28nm production node has been used for much longer than was anticipated, and in the CPU market AMD is currently trying to compete with Intel's 14nm FinFET based CPUs with CPUs using older 32nm and 28nm production nodes.
AMD desperately need to be able to move onto a smaller production node, as Intel are able to use their advantage in processing technology to produce their CPUs with lower power consumption, smaller size and at a cheaper production cost. As soon as the 14nm LPP becomes available, as 14nm LPE is not suitable to moderate to high power applications, AMD will be able to create chips on a competitive production process and will be competing on a much fairer playing field.
Right now AMD have said that their upcoming Zen CPUs will be based on a 14nm FinFET process, so their release datewill rely heavily on that process' readiness/ production capability.
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