By: David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com), September 19, 2012 10:44 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
tarlinian (tarlinian.delete@this.gmail.com) on September 19, 2012 8:32 am wrote:
> defderdar (kukrek.delete@this.mailinator.com) on September 18, 2012 9:39 pm
> wrote:
> >
> > How
> > much of Suvolta's DDC is compareable to
> NTV?
>
> Nearly nothing at all. DDC is a process technique that allows the
> transistor gate to have better control over the channel by cleverly doping the
> substrate underneath. It allows for transistor performance closer to finFETs and
> FDSOI with traditional planar CMOS processes and substrates. Near-threshold
> computing is a design technique that allows you to operate effectively closer to
> the transistor's threshold voltage. Outside of the fact that DDC would likely
> allow you to operate at a slightly lower threshold voltage than traditional
> transistors, they have almost nothing to do with each other.
Just to be clear, the techniques are totally orthogonal. So you could think about combining them, and in all likelihood the benefits would be additive.
DK
> defderdar (kukrek.delete@this.mailinator.com) on September 18, 2012 9:39 pm
> wrote:
> >
> > How
> > much of Suvolta's DDC is compareable to
> NTV?
>
> Nearly nothing at all. DDC is a process technique that allows the
> transistor gate to have better control over the channel by cleverly doping the
> substrate underneath. It allows for transistor performance closer to finFETs and
> FDSOI with traditional planar CMOS processes and substrates. Near-threshold
> computing is a design technique that allows you to operate effectively closer to
> the transistor's threshold voltage. Outside of the fact that DDC would likely
> allow you to operate at a slightly lower threshold voltage than traditional
> transistors, they have almost nothing to do with each other.
Just to be clear, the techniques are totally orthogonal. So you could think about combining them, and in all likelihood the benefits would be additive.
DK
