Gate-All-Around Cranks Up Logic Speed

Nanosheet transistors are superior to FinFETs for logic transistors, offering an adjustable gate width, superior electrostatic characteristics, and better channel-thickness uniformity as well as faster switching speed. They have drawbacks for SRAM and I/O transistors, however.
29May

Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 Uses 8+ Gen 1 Die

Qualcomm announced a Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2 that reuses the premium Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 die with altered specs. Market conditions left the company with excess inventory that it’s moving into the midpremium market.
29May

TSMC’s 2023 Technology Symposium

TSMC’s 2023 Technology Symposium G. Dan Hutcheson The Chip Insider® Summary: TSMC’s 2023 Technology Symposium: The bigger message was more about the world’s new recognition of semiconductors and their importance than it was about TSMC’s forward march to new nodes. If anything, TSMC exuded confidence
29May