Thursday, December 15, 2011
Globalfoundries and ARM Holdings Plc have announced the tape out of a 20nm chip and have demoed a Cortex-A9 SoC operating at more than 2.5GHz on 28nm technology.
Globalfoundries said the tape out was a milestone for its Technology Qualification Vehicle (TQV), which it has worked closely on with ARM, and that it was “more than a standard test chip.”
TQV is what Globalfoundries is calling a strategy to develop process technology specifically optimized for ARM Cortex-A series processors.
The fab said each TQV was designed to emulate a full specification SoC and aimed to improve performance, lower power consumption and facilitate a faster path to market for its customers.
Mojy Chian, senior vice president of design enablement at Globalfoundries said it was clear the firm’s TQV strategy was “paying dividends” at 32-nm and 28-nm HKMG technology by delivering on its goals for performance and energy efficiency.
Chian added that the fab would continue to work closely with ARM on TQV “as an integral part of 20nm process technology development” allowing customers to ramp more rapidly to next-generation designs based on ARM Cortex-A series processors in high-volume production.
By: DocMemory
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