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FD SOI: Disruptive or Just Another Process?

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April 2016


A bit of background •  I’ve been quiet about FD

SOI –  I never bought the wafer

fab cost argument •  It’s not a make or break

decision point –  I didn’t want to rain on

anyone’s parade –  Plus, I look for the

opportunities –  For me, bad news is only

good news when you can change the world

April 2016 2


Then GLOBALFOUNDRIES showed 22FDX •  What I saw was real

differentiable features –  Potentially disruptive

•  Features for a new power-stingy world –  Especially IoT

•  Based on an ability to have real-time trade-offs –  power and performance –  via software-controlled

body-biasing of the transistor

April 2016 3


Then I got asked to talk here

•  My views were just my opinion, based on what I’d heard –  They needed validation

•  I needed to talk to real users –  Many of you in fact –  So I got a little help from

my friends –  And did a survey

April 2016 4


Who I talked to: •  Interviewed people from

–  6 Chip companies –  4 IP companies –  2 EDA companies –  2 Universities

•  All were well versed in SOI and its various flavors

•  The majority were decision makers

•  The rest had either strong internal or industry-wide influence

April 2016 5


Where were they with respect to FD-SOI? What about designing with it? In future designs/products? Why?

•  3 Classes of Futures Emerged: 1.  Those in or moving to

FD-SOI to avoid finFET 2.  Those big enough with

a product spectrum that will need both FD and finFET

3.  Those who prefer bulk and can afford finFET

April 2016 6


Goal: get a balanced view •  Why I talked to so many

already in the finFET camp

•  20nm is a huge breakpoint for the industry –  End of the road for

planar •  Breaking through this

wall is not easy

April 2016 7


Why people choose FD-SOI: Technical No surprise here •  The most attractive

feature is Body Biasing –  and its resulting benefits

What’s undersold •  Analog •  Reliability & Stability •  RF/MXSL integration •  Manufacturability

April 2016 8


Why people choose FD-SOI: Business It’s not about cost, it’s about •  Time-to-Money •  AVOIDING finFET •  Product Differentiation

What’s not a reason •  Wafer Fabrication Cost

–  It’s a complex matter of perspective and position

•  Single design decision –  It’s a design group

decision

April 2016 9


FD offers a real alternative to finFET •  It may be hot •  But the wall is

pushed further out •  Especially if you

are not a giant •  Or your market is

not gigantic

April 2016 10


FD versus finFET perspectives •  Both co-exist because they have unique benefits

•  Proof point: some companies choose both •  finFET is great if you have a market that’s…

•  Large enough to afford the NRE cost •  Needs extreme density and digital performance

•  It is the digital all-in-one solution

•  FD is better if you have a market that’s… •  Smaller and needs scaled down NRE costs •  Evolving quickly and needs a faster time-to-

market •  Needs a power, reliability, and analog advantage

•  At a much lower NRE cost •  And you need differentiation

April 2016 11


28 versus 22 SOI perspectives •  28 is here today •  22 is a natural extension

•  Why? •  Because if we know

anything about technology it always gets better

•  Has more knobs •  SOI’s a roadmap, not a

one trick process •  Market doesn’t really

see them as a continuum of nodes

April 2016 12


SOI’s a roadmap, not a one trick pony

April 2016 13

•  IBM brought SOI to market two decades ago –  Power™ multicore MPUs

•  Long lived processes

•  Evolutionary steps: –  SIMOX to SmartCut™ –  PD to FD UTB –  Market ready EDA tools & IP


My* perspectives on FD versus finFET •  Depletion is not where the differentiable

advantage comes from •  Both are fully depleted

•  FD’s differentiable advantage lies in the Back Biased Gate and ULV

•  Bulk finFET is enhancement mode: •  VG 0, +1, +2 … •  Inherently better for digital

•  Back Biased FD SOI is depletion mode: •  VG +1, 0, -1, -2 … cut off •  Inherently better for analog

•  + 22FDX has lower Vdd & min

* Warning: I am an economist, not an engineer

April 2016 14


How real is 22FDX? •  Almost 1/2 say they’ll

design in it •  Another 2/5 say possibly •  Contrasted against

•  ~< ½ are going to finFET •  ~½ of chip companies

interviewed were committed to bulk finFET

•  Thus FD will coexist with fins

April 2016 15


Target Markets for FD-SOI •  IoT is the top

market •  Auto is next •  Then Analog

MXSL –  Which is tightly

related to the top 2

April 2016 16


Is SOI Disruptive? •  No •  It’s the enabler

– IoT is the disruptive force

– ADAS – And others that

can use the unique features of SOI

April 2016 17


How you can help realize the SOI roadmap: •  Strengthen the ecosystem

•  Validated independent IP •  Full flow design tools, etc.

•  Easy for the average designer

•  Disclose the success stories •  Drive the volume

April 2016 18


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19 April 2016

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