ST opens up 28-nm, 20-nm FDSOI with GlobalFoundries

摘要

Chip vendor STMicroelec-tronics NV (Geneva, Switzerland) has announced that it has signed up Global-Foundries Inc. to be an additional source of devices made using 28-nm and 20-nm fully depleted silicon-on-insula-tor (FDSOI) technology. As part of the same deal ST is opening up the FDSOI process to let GlobalFoundries offer the process to other customers.ST said that the "high-volume" availability of products in its proprietary FDSOI manufacturing process would help it produce higher performance, lower power mobile devices.