Intel Scales Floating Body Cell Memory Intel researchers presented a planar floating body cell (FBC) memory at the Symposium on VLSI Technology, using a thin silicon on insulator
(SOI) technology. The FBC cell could be introduced at the 16 nm technology generation or beyond, sharply increasing the density of cache memory compared with conventional six-transistor (6T) SRAM technology, said Mike Mayberry, director of components research. "A single transistor memory would be so much better [than a 6T memory] if we can make it work," Mayberry said. Read more >>
Roll Back the Lead-Free Initiative: RoHS Signal integrity consultant Howard
Johnson interviews Joe Fjelstad, a veteran manufacturing
technology researcher, about the implications of the
Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) ban of
tin-lead solder. Fjelstad argues that the move to
lead-free solders will worsen the environment because of
more complex recycling and disposing of the alloys that
replace tin-lead solder. Also, the lead-free solders are
more brittle and prone to break when a cell phone, for
example, is dropped. They require higher manufacturing
temperatures that can worsen the reliability of
electronic systems.
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