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CEA-Leti Demos a 6-Chiplet 96-Core 3D-Stacked MIPS Processor

March 1, 2020May 25, 2021 David Schor 28nm, 65 nm, active interposer, CEA-Leti, chiplet, interconnects, interposer, ISSCC, ISSCC 2020, multi-chip package, STMicroelectronics

CEA-Leti demonstrates a high-performance microprocessor architecture with a 96-core MIPS processor built with six chiplets 3D-stacked on an active interposer die.

Foundries Process Technologies

UMC Rolls Out 22-Nanometer

December 13, 2019May 25, 2021 David Schor 22 nm, 22ULL, 22ULP, 28nm, 40 nm, UMC

UMC says it has started rolling out its 22-nanometer planar process, offering a new lower-power and cost-sensitive migration path from existing 40nm and 28nm nodes.

Hot Chips 30 Interconnects Process Technologies

Nantero’s NRAM, A Universal Memory Candidate?

September 22, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor 28nm, carbon nanotube, carbon nanotubes, CNTs, Nantero, non-volatile memory, NRAM, process technology, storage-class memory

Presented at Hot Chips 30, a look at Nantero’s NRAM, a high-performance carbon nanotube-based memory billed as a DRAM successor.

Desktop Processors Mobile Processors Server Processors

Zhaoxin launches their highest-performance Chinese x86 chips

January 21, 2018May 25, 2021 David Schor 28nm, China, HLMC, KaisHeng, KaiXian, TSMC, VIA Technologies, x86, Zhaoxin

Zhaoxin has launched the highest-performance domestic Chinese x86 chips based on the WuDaoKou microarchitecture. Zhaoxin new chips are a brand new SoC design featuring higher performance cores, a new DDR4 memory controller and integrated graphics.