February 6, 2012, Common Platform Technology Forum, Santa Clara, CA—After their keynote presentations, the presenters sat in a panel session to elaborate on some of the topics that arose in their speeches. Michael Cadigan and Gary Patton from IBM, Kwang Hyun Kim from Samsung, and Mike Noonan from Global Foundries answered questions from the press….
March 14, 2012, Common Platform Technology Forum, Santa Clara, CA—Juga Jagamather from IBM moderated a panel focused on future semiconductor innovations. The panel members were Michael Liehr from College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Simon Segars from ARM, Subi Kargen from Global Foundries, TC Chen from IBM, and Dongwon Kim from Samsung. Low power? Chen…
March 14, 2012, Common Platform Technology Forum, Santa Clara, CA—Jong Shih Yoon, senior vice president of semiconductor R&D at Samsung described their efforts in 3-D device technology. The Common Platform is driving changes in business and interpersonal relations. The Common Platform has changed the nature of development in light of the demands for integrating higher…
March 14, 2012, Common Platform Technology Forum, Santa Clara, CA — Gary Patton, vice president of semiconductor R & D at IBM, described the world beyond 14 nm. The device and process developments will be hard, as the fundamental limitations of physics come into place. Scaling flattened out about 10 years ago, so the next generations…
March 14, 2012, Common Platform Technology Forum, Santa Clara, CA—Subi Kargeni from Global Foundries talked about taking the industry to the next level. The only way to move on to the next levels is to work together. The semiconductors are powering the convergence of industries as mobile devices become the next generation of computers. The…
March 14, 2012, Common Platform Technology Forum, Santa Clara, CA—Simon Segars, executive vice president and general manager of the physical IP division of ARM looked at the next generation processes from an IP and developer perspective. The historical technology changes have always been pushing for better performance. Over the past 21 years, the industry has…
January 18, 2011, Common Platform Technology Forum, Santa Clara, CA—Chia Song Hwee, chief operating officer at Global Foundries stated that the semiconductor industry is evolving and more companies are becoming fabless including IDMs who are either adopting the fabless model are going fab light. One reason is that process and design complexity are increasing and…