TSMC, ARM Unveil Roadmap for 64-bit FinFET Processors

摘要

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Ltd. and ARM have reached a new multi-year agreement that will deliver ARMv8-A processor IP optimized for TSMC 10Fin-FET process technology. Because of the success in scaling from 20SoC to 16FinFET, ARM and TSMC have decided to collaborate again for 10Fin-FET. This early path finding work will provide valuable learning to enable physical design IP and methodologies in support of customers to tape-out 10FinFET designs as early as Q4 2015. "ARM and TSMC's mutual commitment to providing industry-leading solutions drives us to work together early in the development cycle to optimize both the processor and the process node. This joint optimization enables ARM silicon partners to design, tape-out and bring their products to market faster," says Pete Hutton, Executive Vice President and President, Product Groups, ARM.