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Dresden Fab Transformation Underway

GlobalFoundries Fab 1 in Dresden, Germany, is undergoing several major changes, including integration of separate modules into an integrated facility. With a steep 32 nm MPU ramp underway that includes high-k/metal gate technology, the fab is also now running foundry wafers for non-AMD customers. Dresden general manager Udo Nothelfer said 250 new tools will be installed this year. More

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At a panel discussion at the DATE conference last week in Dresden, Germany, representatives from GlobalFoundries and TSMC said they are working to develop closer cooperation with EDA and IP vendors. As design cycles lengthen and leakage becomes a dominant issue, tighter cooperation will be needed with IP vendors to implement core-based DFM and reduce manufacturing costs, the panelists said.
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Paul– 3/17/2010 4:23:44 PM CDT
in response to Dresden Fab Transformation Underway
It's great to see that kind of investment in Dresden. Especially when it means...

Wulz– 3/17/2010 11:28:54 AM CDT
in response to Dresden Fab Transformation Underway
??? thanks for the added...

PFTLE– 3/17/2010 10:28:35 AM CDT
in response to 3-D IC at the IEEE ISSCC
"Tighter cooperation with IP vendors" really means giving IP vendors access to...

Jim Gobes– 3/16/2010 4:56:28 PM CDT
in response to GlobalFoundries, TSMC Square Off at DATE

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Bettina Weiss, senior director for photovoltaics at SEMI, gives an update on the activities of the industry organization's PV Group, and outlines some of the various economic challenges that the technology is encountering around the world during difficult economic times, as well as developments in the area of much-needed standards to enable companies engaged in this technology to work more efficiently and with a minimum of loss.

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At the 2010 SPIE Advanced Lithography conference, Senior Editor Alexander E. Braun interviews Ron Kool, vice president and manager of ASML's EUV Business Unit, about the state of the much-delayed EUV litho development, and ongoing efforts to extend 193 nm immersion to 16 nm and well beyond.