CEA, Soitec, GlobalFoundries and STMicroelectronics have announced a new collaboration in which they aim to jointly define the industry's next-generation roadmap for FD-SOI (fully depleted silicon on insulator) technology.
“ST was an early innovator in FD-SOI and has been in production for several years, with advanced custom and standard products for a wide range of end markets,” said Jean-Marc Chery, president and CEO of STMicroelectronics.
He added: “In particular, the technology supports the automotive industry during the transition to full digitalization and software-defined architectures, as well as the development of driverless technologies.”
Semiconductors and FD-SOI innovation are of strategic value to France and the EU, as well as to customers globally.
“CEA is highly motivated by this opportunity to prepare a new generation of FD-SOI technology that delivers higher performance, lower power consumption and lower costs to meet the needs of key European markets such as automotive, IoT, 5G/6G and manufacturing 4.0,” said François Jacq, president of the CEA.
FD-SOI offers substantial benefits to designers and customer systems. This includes lower power consumption and easier integration of additional features such as connectivity and security, which are essential features for automotive, IoT and mobile applications.
“The FD-SOI alliance we are pleased to announce today builds on Soitec's ability to drive innovation in substrates and help launch a new generation of semiconductors, serving a wide range of markets including connectivity, automotive, Internet of Things and Artificial Intelligence,” said Paul Boudre, CEO of Soitec. “Together, with our partners and allies, we want to confirm our technological leadership and continue to drive innovation in global microelectronics.”
“We look forward to deepening our partnership with key French and European stakeholders across the semiconductor value chain and, in particular, jointly developing our highly differentiated FDSOI-based solutions to address the rapid growth of chips requiring low power consumption. energy, connectivity and security. in automotive, IoT and smart mobile devices,” added Tom Caulfield, CEO of GlobalFoundries. “The dynamic European semiconductor ecosystem is important to us and we will continue to invest to increase our presence in the EU as part of our global growth strategy.”
