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GloFo claims technology edge over Intel

piesquared

piesquared

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Outlines the shape of things to come

With 77 percent of patents on future FinFET technology, GlobalFoundries claimed that it and its partners have the lead in the market place, with Intel having to catch up and the other foundries floundering.

Those patents are held by GloFo, IBM and Samsung – members of the broad based alliance, said Subramani Kengeri, head of the company’s Advanced Architecture Office.
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http://news.techeye.net/chips/glofo-claims-technology-edge-over-intel#ixzz1x9Bso6RC
 
Well, as i like AMD somehow i dont think Glofo or the Alliance under IBM have the guts to challenge Intel...
 
piesquared said:
With 77 percent of patents on future FinFET technology, GlobalFoundries claimed that it and its partners have the lead in the market place, with Intel having to catch up and the other foundries floundering.
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Really doesn't matter if the other 23% of patents are superior, just saying.
 
You can't compare patents by quantity. It's the quality of the research behind them that determines who has a technological lead.

That said I wonder if in the long term Intel will have no other choice but to use SOI and license some of Global Foundry's technology. This or some other exclusive technology could turn out to be Intel's Achilles heel.
 
He said that while Intel no doubt will implement FinFET, the pathway for other players will be very difficult.
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I have to confess I am a little confused by this statement. Isn't Intel's 22nm FinFET?
 
GF is about 4 years behind Intel in technology. That article is just hillarious.

Lets see when GF actually ships finfets product on 22nm.
 
Well the name FinFet aint correct either. The dear child got many names. FinFet, FlexFet, TriGate, MultiGate etc.
 
God I lol . But the IBM we got that to! From IBM/AMD when intel released the 45nm process. That will remain the all time king of. Say what!
 
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Many of these kind of patents seem unenforcable to me.

Not like apple/google/etc. phone patents, you can't see and feel them (not to defend/endorse anything here).
They are implemented in a microscopic black box.

They could brag about having a patent when the competitor has already been using it for years.
 
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