Design & Reuse

Samsung: Ready for big foundry push

Mark LaPedus, EETimes
11/9/2010 6:37 PM EST

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – At the ARM Technology Conference here, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. sent a message to the foundry industry: It’s ready for a big push in 32-nm production with high-k.

In June, South Korea's Samsung said its foundry business qualified a 32-nm low-power process with a high-k/metal-gate technology. The company lays claim to being the first foundry to ''qualify'' a high-k/metal-gate technology.