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GlobalFoundries Announces 12LP+ FinFET Solution for Cloud and Edge AI Applications

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 09/25/2019 08:39 AM | source: | 7 comment(s)
GlobalFoundries Announces 12LP+ FinFET Solution for Cloud and Edge AI Applications

GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF), the world's leading specialty foundry, announced today at its Global Technology Conference the availability of 12LP+, an innovative new solution for AI training and inference applications. 

12LP+ offers chip designers a best-in-class combination of performance, power and area, along with a set of key new features, a mature design and production ecosystem, cost-efficient development and fast time-to-market for high-growth cloud and edge AI applications.

Derived from GF's existing 12nm Leading Performance (12LP) platform, GF's new 12LP+ provides either a 20% increase in performance or a 40% reduction in power requirements over the base 12LP platform, plus a 15% improvement in logic area scaling. A key feature is a high-speed, low-power 0.5 V SRAM bit cell that supports the fast, power-efficient shuttling of data between processors and memory, an important requirement for AI applications in the computing and wired infrastructure markets.

Other key features of 12LP+ that enable clients to capitalize on AI market opportunities are a design reference package for AI applications and design/technology co-development (DTCO) services, both of which allow clients to look at AI circuit designs from a holistic perspective in order to achieve lower power budgets and reduced costs. Another key feature is a new interposer for 2.5D packages, which facilitates the integration of high-bandwidth memory with processors for fast, power-efficient data processing.


The 12LP+ solution makes use of Arm Artisan physical IP as well as POP IP for AI applications, developed for GF by Arm. Both solutions from Arm will also be applied to GF's original 12LP platform.

"AI, automotive and high-end consumer mobility are just a few of the growing applications creating urgent demand for high-performance SoCs," said Gus Yeung, general manager and fellow, Physical Design Group, Arm. "Supported by the widely-used Arm Artisan physical IP and advanced processor designs, GLOBALFOUNDRIES' 12LP+ will help designers deliver products that monetize this demand easily, quickly and cost-effectively."

"The rollout of 12LP+ is a result of GF's strategy to provide clients with differentiated solutions that extend the ability to scale designs with no disruption to work flows very cost-efficiently compared to alternatives," said Michael Mendicino, vice president of Digital Technology Solutions at GF. "For example, as an advanced 12nm technology, our 12LP+ solution already offers clients a majority of the performance and power advantages they would expect to gain from a 7nm process, but their NRE (non-recurring engineering) costs will average only about half as much, a significant savings. Additionally, because the 12nm node has been running longer and is much more mature, clients will be able to tape-out quickly and take advantage of the growing demand for AI technology."

The 12LP+ PDK is available now and GF is already working with several clients. Tape outs are expected in the second half of 2020 and volume production is set for 2021 from GF's Fab 8 in Malta, New York.

About GF
GLOBALFOUNDRIES (GF) is the world's leading specialty foundry. We deliver differentiated feature-rich solutions that enable our clients to develop innovative products for high-growth market segments. GF provides a broad range of platforms and features with a unique mix of design, development and fabrication services. With an at-scale manufacturing footprint spanning the U.S., Europe and Asia, GF has the flexibility and agility to meet the dynamic needs of clients across the globe. GF is owned by Mubadala Investment Company. For more information, visit globalfoundries.com.







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Silva
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#5714334 Posted on: 09/25/2019 12:45 PM
They can't sit on their ass with 14nm forever, was a major disappointment that they stopped developing further process nodes.
Nothing great will come with TSMC being one of the few (Samsung isn't sleeping either) major players.

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#5714359 Posted on: 09/25/2019 01:55 PM
They can't sit on their ass with 14nm forever, was a major disappointment that they stopped developing further process nodes.
Nothing great will come with TSMC being one of the few (Samsung isn't sleeping either) major players.

If they find ways of innovative increases in performance that are more than lithography shrinking, then I wouldn't count them out just yet. 7nm rumoured to be having some yield issues, plus what you said, there aren't major players in the field so demand will drive up cost. 12nm in comparison remains cheap and available with high yields. If performance is good enough for purpose, why pay more?

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#5714368 Posted on: 09/25/2019 02:13 PM
They can't sit on their ass with 14nm forever, was a major disappointment that they stopped developing further process nodes.
Nothing great will come with TSMC being one of the few (Samsung isn't sleeping either) major players.

They kind of can - there are tons of customers that use older nodes. 50% of TSMC's revenue comes from nodes 28nm and higher. They can trail behind, adopt smaller nodes as the equipment/R&D becomes cheaper (others pave the way) and still function perfectly well.

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#5714389 Posted on: 09/25/2019 03:36 PM
https://www.techpowerup.com/259536/tsmc-to-begin-mass-production-of-5nm-chips-in-2020#comments 5nm is better though :)

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#5714461 Posted on: 09/25/2019 07:42 PM
How is exactly the size of the process related to the AI application?

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