customers benefit from Common platform collaboration

Foundry customers have access to a large library provided by SAMSUNG and the Common Platform ecosystem that includes standard cell, memory compilers and an I/O library.

flexibility through low-power, generic and high-speed options

The SAMSUNG Semiconductor Foundry offers customers a broad standard-cell library featuring internal designs from SAMSUNG as well as Common Platform Technology libraries from the ARM Foundry Program . These competitive libraries help customers reduce chip size and offers increased performance through a High-speed (HS) option. For example, the gate density trend shows greater than 440K gates/mm 2 for 90nm low power and greater than 850K/mm 2 gates for 65nm low power . Also helping customers lower power consumption for their mobile applications are multi-Vth and multi-VDD libraries for ultra-low-power consumption.

standard-cell lisbrary offerings

customers can choose generic or low power

A broad selection of memory compilers is available from SAMSUNG's internal library and through ARM. This offering includes dual-Vth architectures for 90nm and 65nm and a triple-gate option for 45nm. Multiple Vth options enable enhanced power management. In memory blocks, for example, higher Vth may be used in bit-cell arrays while lower Vth transistors can be implemented in memory peripheries. Additional low-power-focused options such as sleep mode are enabled.

customers can choose generic or low power

Customers have access to a broad I/O library through SAMSUNG and the ARM Foundry Program that can play a significant role in developing competitive products. This includes offerings at various geometries, such as fine-pitch I/O. Also included are a wide range of voltage interfaces for mobile design - from 1.8 to 3.3V. In addition, f oundry customers can choose between several application-specific power-down control I/O offerings including:

• Gated I/O - to keep PAD state Hi-Z under power-off mode
• Bypass I/O - to facilitate board designs even in power-off mode
• Retention I/O - to retain PAD state under power-off mode

I/O library