Posted on 10/08/2015 10:03:29 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
FinFETs and SOI working in different environments
Soitec's CEO and board chairman has raised an eyebrow or two when he said that the iPhone 6s has multiple RF chips built on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrates and that Intel and IBM are using the tech for their silicon photonics push.
According to EETimes Paul Boudre, who claimed that SOI is already being used by Apple and Intel even though neither company is broadcasting it. SOI appears to be on track to major market penetration even while the rest of the industry is talking FinFETs.
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Intel, to my knowledge never used SOI process.
They could be playing with it to move into new markets but its not because SOI is more advanced.
They might be trying to steal Global Foundry business.
GlobalFoundries explains how it proposes to extend Moore's Law....
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