This is, perhaps, the most important slide from Synopsys. This might not seem like a big deal to most people, but this is what makes or breaks your process - interface and IP support. Can't develop good xTors in a vacuum. #Intel18A
Aart de Geus talks about Synopsys collab with Intel. Says their Intel 18A test chip is back and the results are "really good" (based on older 0.5PDK). Includong a high performers core. #Intel18A
Intel announces Intel A14 node; shows wafer. They also announced a series of enhanced sub-nodes. Gelsinger announced a "lifetime deal value of $15B" for their Foundry business so far.
Surprised to see a bunch of talks about hardware Zettascale design requirements at #IEDM2023 (Inc. by Intel&AMD). It seems they've all landed on a power envelope target of ~100-125 MW. Is that even realistic? That's 10EF/MW. Today we're hardly getting 150PF/MW #HPC
@AChamarthy MOCVD growth, yea. A talk by Intel/imec collab today actually demonstrated for first time full 300mm wafer-scale MoS2 nMOS / WSe2 pMOS devices.
Worth noting that Intel said that new/modified MOCVD tools are required to move forward with more uniform single crystal channels.
Over the years, there were lots of proposals for utilizing various novel 2d materials for constructing dense nanosheet channels with exceedingly good mobility. Practically all papers this year converged on Molybdenum disulfide for nMOS & Tungsten diselenide for pMOS #IEDM2023