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HOW TECHNOLOGY R&D LEADERSHIP BRINGS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR MULTIMEDIA CONVERGENCE


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 HOW TECHNOLOGY R&D LEADERSHIP  BRINGS A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE  FOR MULTIMEDIA CONVERGENCE

   

MPSOC 2011

Technology Platform Segmentation

        

 

“HP”

 





“LP”

  

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Performance Power leakage Area scaling Cost of

  • wnership

Design simplicity

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       

Technology Platform KPIs

MPSOC 2011

Technology R&D/MFG Leadership Brings



   



     



   



  • 



  •    



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50/50 JV with Ericsson

Products Major Customers

Automotive, Consumer, Computer & Communication Infrastructure (“ACCI”) Industrial and Multisegment Sector (“IMS”) Wireless Home Entertainment & Displays Computer & Communication Infrastructure Automotive Products Group Analog, Power and MEMS Microcontrollers, Memories and Smartcards

Major Product Lines

ST Business Segment Overview

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16- May

  • 11

6

Wireless: multi-purpose Products

          

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“Phones”: High Performance @ Low Power

           

                

Nova A9540 (32 nm) dual-core A9 @ 1.85 GHz + 4X graphics improvement* Sampling 2011.



Nova A9500 (45 nm) dual-core A9 @ 1.2 GHz + 20% graphics improvement* Available Nova A9600 (28 nm) dual –core Eagle A15 at 2.5 GHz + 20X graphics improvement * sampling 2011.

MPSOC 2011

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ST/Consumer relentless integration

               

            

         

    

       

               



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ST/ Networking ASICs A growing SOC integration / Power Challenge

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90nm

  • 100-250MHz
  • 5-10W

65nm LP & LPGP

  • 200-500MHz
  • 15-70W

32nm LPH

  • 300-600MHz
  • 10-80W

28nm LPG

  • 400-900MHz
  • 10-90W

20nm

50+ 50+ Mgate Mgate 400 400-

  • 500 mm²

500 mm² 20 20-

  • 40

40 Mgate Mgate 200 200-

  • 400 mm²

400 mm² 5-20 Mgate 100-200 mm² 5 Mgate 50-100 mm²

  >1GHz >1GHz     >1GHz >1GHz    

2007 2007-

  • 08

08 3-6GBps 6GBps 2009 2009-

  • 10

10 6-10Gbps 10Gbps 2011 2011 10 10-

  • 14Gbps

14Gbps 2012 2012 14 14-

  • 25Gbps

25Gbps 2013+ 2013+ 25+ 25+ Gbps Gbps



MPSOC 2011

The ST Technology R&D Model

  

  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 
  • 

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Value-Chain Management : Technology Innovation 1/3     

      

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  

MPSOC 2011

Value-Chain Management : Technology Operations 2/3    

             

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 Electrical Synchronization of partner fabs to IBM

 Parametrical equivalence, GDS2-level

 JDA between IBM and partners on 32LP Bulk and 28LP.  Program started 2H09 (28LP), end DEC2011.

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Test vehicle

Common modeling macros Common electrical monitoring

In line Cp/Cpk Equivalence

Metrology (SEMCD, Overlay, thin films, material composition) matching

Process

FEOL & BEOL critical process steps, Construction Analysis

Parametrical Equivalence

Equivalence to model Model to silicon correlation

IP circuits Equivalence

Direct validation between ST & foundry, not in Fabsync

ISDA MANUFACTURING SYNC 3/3

MPSOC 2011

0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 Q3 05 Q4 05 Q1 06 Q2 06 Q3 06 Q4 06 Q1 07 Q2 07 Q3 07 Q4 07 Q1 08 Q2 08 Q3 08 Q4 08 Q1 09 Q2 09 Q3 09 Q4 09 Q1 10 Q2 10 Q3 10 Q4 10 Q1 11 Q2 11

D0 Poisson (Def/cm²)

D0 90nm D0 65nm D0 45nm 

Yield Learning – D0 Trend – ST/Crolles

  

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                             

28nm ST Proprietary Process Options



              



   



              



    Elec1-2 metal MIM High-K Nitride Elec2 metal Low-K High-K Cu SiO2

28LP/G process embedded DRAM option

                    

integrated decoupling capacitors

for power integrity MPSOC 2011

40nm/28nm SOC Design flow: high speed, low power

16     Chip RTL  

 

Physical Units Implementation Physical Units Implementation Sign Sign-

  • Off

Off Top level Prototyping & Top level Prototyping & Floorplan Floorplan System In System In Package Package OA db GDS2

Subsystem Packaging infrastructure



Chip Level Assembly Chip Level Assembly

complex complex SoC SoC example example

with high speed core and low power features with high speed core and low power features

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28nm ASIC Design flow: Million Gates Capacity

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Hierarchical Flow for Complex Hierarchical Flow for Complex Devices Devices

                       

      Specialized Clock Distribution Specialized Clock Distribution Strategy Strategy



Full Chip Hierarchical Full Chip Hierarchical Analysis Analysis           MPSOC 2011

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Power Switches: Peripheral Switches and Distributed Switches for best Vdrop. Fast FF library designed for improving R2R performance in critical paths Faster pipelined Memory BIST Architecture L1 Cache designed to reach 1.8Ghz High Density L2 cache designed for 0.6 V Retention Dedicated algorithms for Memory Test in 32/28nm High Performance Clock Generator



Several IP/Lib Patents Pending

Enabling performance race on products :

STE 32nm 1.5GHz Low Power A9 Core

   

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Enabling High speed cores in 28LP

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@1.5GHz @1.5GHz dual A9 dual A9 experience experience >>1.5GHz >>1.5GHz quad A15 quad A15 MPSOC 2011

     

    

 



  • 
  • 
  • 





  •  
  • 
  •  
  • 



 

  • 
  • 
  • 

Energy Efficient Design for +/- nominal VDD

Vdd Scaling and energy efficiency

Scaling driven by process technology (Tox)

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     

    

 

  

 

   



Vdd Scaling and energy efficiency

Keeping leakage under control



MPSOC 2011

28nm Speed Projection   

28nm FDSOI: the next speed booster

  

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Lithography Scaling

  

  

  

 Reducing k1 does not come for free!

MPSOC 2011

Transistor Architecture Trends

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            



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                      

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           

          

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Main candidates after bulk are FinFET and FDSOI:

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FDSOI FinFET Strengths

  • 2D (planar) process
  • Electrostatic control
  • Double gate : Electrostatic control

Risk

  • Compatibility with

conventional « performance boosters »

  • Process complexity (3D)
  • Compatibility with conventional

« performance boosters »

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 3D/Heterogeneous Integration of Wide-IO DRAM  Benefits: Low-Power DRAM/SOC data connexion Challenges: cost, thermal management, Test, Supply Chain

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       Copper wire technology not able to sustain such data rates  Photonics on silicon technology allows die to die and within die

  • ptical communication

CMOS wafer

transistors metal interconnects F C M

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A W G G e P D In P so ur ce P A D

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Photonics on Silicon

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ST Technology Leadership

 ST R&D cooperative model allows leveraged capture of technology innovation and risk mitigation  ST leadership in technology enables differentiated / competitive product positioning through:

 Device Integration  Device add-on for Derivatives / Analog  Design Enablement  Specific process modules for best device performance  Fast yield learning cycle time techniques

and a full multi sourcing supply-chain efficiency.

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SOC CMOS Application Trends : Summary

 SOC Applications require high-performance energy-efficient Processing Units (CPUs, GPUs, …) :

 Wireless  Consumer  Automotive  Computer Peripherals

 ST’s 32/28nm LP / Design Platform at state-of-the-art

 Process optimizations, above industry leading ISDA HKMG 32nm  Library/IP design  CAD Flow/ Sign-off optimization  Application-driven

 Partnerships are key to optimize R&D investment  Process, IP, SOC Design, EDA

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