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• Comparison of One and Two Stage RF Rectifiers Designed in FDSOI 28 nm and BiCMOS 55 nm (Sept. 30, 2021)
  by M. Awad, P. Benech, N. Corrao, J-M Duchamp
  The context of this article is a low power application: RF energy harvesting. In this paper, we compare performances of two Dickson voltage rectifiers realized with two different technologies: FDSOI 28 nm and BiCMOS 55 nm. The measurement of I-V characteristics of diodes in both technologies reveals that FDSOI shows a smaller threshold voltage and less leakage current compared to BiCMOS.
• A Feasible Alternative to FDSOI and FinFET: Optimization of W/La2O3/Si Planar PMOS with 14 nm Gate-Length (Sept. 30, 2021)
  by Siew Kien Mah, Pin Jern Ker, Ibrahim Ahmad, Noor Faizah Zainul Abidin and Mansur Mohammed Ali Gamel
  At the 90-nm node, the rate of transistor miniaturization slows down due to challenges in overcoming the increased leakage current (Ioff). The invention of high-k/metal gate technology at the 45-nm technology node was an enormous step forward in extending Moore's Law...

• Alphacore Inc.: We're partners in the GF FDX Network (Oct 04, 2021)
  Alphacore Inc., an industry leader in proven high-performance analog and RF design, is now a proud member of the GlobalFoundries® (GF®) FDX™ Network. We drive next-generation ultrahigh speed, ultra-low power, radiation tolerant validated data conversion technology with IP designs enabling applications such as 5G Communications, Beam Forming, Automotive Radar and Lidar, Aerospace and Defense, and more now supported by GF’s 22FDX technology...
• Xenergic joins GlobalFoundries FDX Network (Aug. 27, 2021)
  Xenergic announced today that they have joined the GlobalFoundries (GF) FDX Network and Design Enablement Network. Xenergic’s memory compiler for on-chip memories, MemoryTailor®, is available for GF customers in GF 22FDX® technology. Using its singlerail and voltage scalable memories, Xenergic enables designers to reduce the power consumption on System-on-Chips (SoCs).
• Soitec and Grenoble Alpes University's IUT1 join forces to develop skills in microelectronics (Aug. 31, 2021)
  from SOITEC
  Bernin and Grenoble, France, August 31, 2021 - Soitec (Euronext Paris), a world leader in the design and production of innovative semiconductor materials, and Grenoble Alpes University, with its Institut Universitaire de Technologie 1 (IUT1), announce the signing of a three-year partnership agreement to strengthen the collaboration between the two entities and develop a pathway of excellence for professions in microelectronics...
• Soitec inaugurates new logistics center and receives "Vitrine Industrie du Futur" award (Sept. 06, 2021)
  from SOITEC
  Bernin (Grenoble), France, September 6, 2021 - Cedric O, French Secretary of State for Digital and Electronic Communications, visited Soitec's site in Bernin, Isère, France, to inaugurate a new company facility. The new logistics building will serve as a storage base to fluidify new manufacturing lines...

• Weebit scale ReRAM to 28nm (Oct. 04, 2021)
  from newelectronics
  Weebit Nano and its development partner CEA-Leti, have demonstrated production-level parameters of Weebit's Resistive Random-Access Memory (ReRAM) technology in a 28nm process...
• Weebit demonstrates successful scaling of its ReRAM technology to 28nm (Oct. 04, 2021)
  Weebit Nano Limited (ASX:WBT), a leading developer of next-generation memory technologies for the global semiconductor industry, together with its development partner CEA-Leti, have demonstrated production-level parameters of Weebit’s Resistive Random-Access Memory (ReRAM) technology in a 28 nanometre (nm) process...

• Cadence and Tower release RF SOI process (Aug. 17, 2021)
  from electronicsweekly
  The reference design flow provides a faster path to design closure for advanced 5G wireless, wireline infrastructure, and automotive IC product development...
• Cadence and Samsung Accelerate 3nm Mixed-Signal Silicon (Sept. 08, 2021)
  from Cadence
  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that it has collaborated with Samsung Foundry to deliver qualified Mixed-Signal OpenAccess-ready process design kit (PDK) technology files that support a range of Samsung process technologies from 28FDS to GAA base 3nm...
• Cadence Collaborates with GlobalFoundries to Qualify Pegasus Verification System for 12LP/12LP+ and 22FDX™ Technologies (Sept. 15, 2021)
  from Cadence
  Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced that the Cadence® Pegasus™ Verification System is now qualified for the GlobalFoundries® (GF®) 12LP/12LP+ and 22FDX™ technologies. The collaboration with GF confirmed that the Pegasus Verification System meets the rigorous accuracy and runtime targets customers have come to expect with physical verification for these advanced GF nodes...

• RISC-V wireless chip with Adaptive Body Bias reaches pW power (Aug. 17, 2021)
  from eenewseurope
  Researchers in Switzerland and Japan have developed a RISC-V wireless system on chip with anactive power consumption as low as 10µA and an ultra low power standby mode that consumes just 1pW/bit...

• 40 GHz VCO and Frequency Divider in 28 nm FD-SOI CMOS Technology for Automotive Radar Sensors (Sept. 06, 2021)
  by Giorgio Maiellaro, Giovanni Caruso, Salvatore Scaccianoce, Mauro Giacomini and Angelo Scuderi
  The high pressure for realizing a low-cost, low-power, highly integrated radar system-on-chip (SoC) featuring digital processing functionalities establishes the way for advanced deep-submicron CMOS technologies, which allow for the design of millimeter-wave (mmwave) front-end circuits embedded with a high-performance digital signal processor, high-resolution analog-to-digital converters, and high-speed baseband to radio frequency interfaces, together with memory [1–3]...
• Lattice Semi Tunes its FPGA For Auto Apps (Aug. 26, 2021)
  from eetasia
  The proliferation of auto electronics is creating more edge processing as well as interconnect and bridging opportunities for chip makers able to deliver low-power, secure and reliable platforms with sufficient thermal management. That proliferation is also shortening product design and deployment cycles as car manufacturers, especially EV makers, add processors for ADAS, infotainment and other car systems...
• GF and Synopsys Deliver New Reference Flows for GF 22FDX Process: Cloud-Qualified and First Automotive Flow for ASIL-D Designs (Sept. 15, 2021)
  from Synopsys
  GlobalFoundries® (GF), the global leader in specialty semiconductor manufacturing, and Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that GF has qualified two key Synopsys reference flows for its 22FDX™ process...

• Akida spiking neural processor could head to FDSOI (Aug. 02, 2021)
  from eenewsanalog
  BrainChip is starting to deliver its Akida1000 system chip to customers although the company insists that is main business model is intellectual property licensing, similar to ARM'sThe Akida1000 contains 80 neural processors and is implemented in 28nm CMOS (see Brainchip's Akida is a fast learner) and Brainchip announced the start of volume production in April 2021...

• EU must offer €20bn if it wants more chip production, says Soitec chief (Sept 15. 2021)
  from californianewstimes
  According to the head of France's leading semiconductor materials supplier, the EU needs to provide at least € 20 billion in subsidies to "move the needles" in computer chip manufacturing...
• Is It Too Late To Consider Buying Soitec S.A. (EPA:SOI)? (Oct. 01, 2021)
  from simplywall
  Soitec S.A. (EPA:SOI), might not be a large cap stock, but it saw significant share price movement during recent months on the ENXTPA, rising to highs of €212 and falling to the lows of €183. Some share price movements can give investors a better opportunity to enter into the stock, and potentially buy at a lower price...

• A High-Level Design Flow for Locally Body-Biased Asynchronous Circuits - Yoan Decoudu, Katell Morin-Allory, Laurent Fesquet - 29th iFIP IEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration – October 4th – 8th 2021

• An asynchronous hybrid pixel image sensor - Mohamed Akrarai, Nils Margotat, Gilles Sicard, Laurent Fesquet - INPG -TIMA - 27th IEE International Symposium on Asynchronous Circuits and Systems (ASYNC 2021) – September 7th – 10th 2021

• Behavior of Keyword Spotting Networks Under Noisy Conditions - Mohanty, Anwesh and Frischknecht, Adrian and Gerum, Christoph and Oliver Bringmann - 30th International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks (ICANN) – September 14th – 17th 2021

• High Performance Three Bands Receiver for Simultaneous Reception of RF Signals from Galileo and GPS Satellite Navigation Systems - E. Novakov - URSI GASS – August 27th – September 4th 2021

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FD-SOI IP list is one of the key ingredient to allow fast and efficient design on FDSOI technology
Today 176 IP from 25 Vendors have been identified on FD-SOI as market available.
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Note that during the 12 last months 58 new IP have been promoted. It means that FD-SOI is no more considered as a niche and attracts more and more the designer community.

Recently 3 IP have been added to that list :

	MIPI D-PHY Transmitter/Receiver for DSI/CSI-2 Samsung 28nm FD-SOI Useful 4 Data Channel transmitter/receiver hard macro for DSI/CSI-2 of Samsung 28nm FD-SOI process.
	1x64 Bits OTP (One-Time Programmable) IP, GlobalFoundries 22nm FDX 0.8V/1.8V Organized as a 1 by 64 one-time programmable (OTP).This is a kind of non-volatile memory fabricated in GlobalFoundries 22nm FDX CMOS 0.8V/1.8V Process.
	True Wireless Stereo (TWS) IP Platform Fast growing trend in the sound entertainment is the True Wireless Stereo systems (TWS) offering a new sound experience to the user thanks to light devices and free gestures