sureCore announces low power memory compiler for 16nm FinFET
Summary
With 16nm now having been in production for over ten years, not only have the foundries ironed out manufacturing issues, but the tooling is now also largely depreciated meaning that a technology that was once the heralded solution for the demands of the HPC and mobile sectors has now become cost competitive for developers of power sensitive devices. This will enable developers to more easily hit their challenging power budgets and successfully exploit the capabilities of these mature FinFET processes. Paul Wells, sureCore’s CEO, explained: “FinFET was developed to address the increasingly poor leakage characteristics of bulk nodes. In addition, the key driver for the mobile sector was ever greater performance to deliver new features and a better user experience. The power consumption was not deemed a significant issue, as both the radio and the display were the dominant factors in battery life determination.