By: Gabriele Svelto (gabriele.svelto.delete@this.gmail.com), April 24, 2015 3:03 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com) on April 23, 2015 2:35 pm wrote:
> Note that Taylor & Co. claim the cost is competitive with FD-SOI (which I doubt, but let's
> play nice). Nobody is using FD-SOI because of cost reasons. So the cost argument is silly.
I'd say that nobody is using FD-SOI is an exaggeration. Adoption isn't very high (design wins are in the low tens AFAIK) but it's not null either; here's a couple of recent news on the topic:
Sony Joins FDSOI Club
Freescale, Cisco, Ciena Give Nod to FD-SOI
> Note that Taylor & Co. claim the cost is competitive with FD-SOI (which I doubt, but let's
> play nice). Nobody is using FD-SOI because of cost reasons. So the cost argument is silly.
I'd say that nobody is using FD-SOI is an exaggeration. Adoption isn't very high (design wins are in the low tens AFAIK) but it's not null either; here's a couple of recent news on the topic:
Sony Joins FDSOI Club
Sony Corp. revealed that the company’s next-generation Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) chip will use 28-nm Fully Depleted Silicon On Insulator (FDSOI) process.
Freescale, Cisco, Ciena Give Nod to FD-SOI
Freescale, Cisco and Ciena have defied the general skepticism of fully-depleted silicon-on-insulator (FD-SOI) by revealing their own experience with the process technology, creating expectations that more companies might follow.
