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TSMC N2 vs Intel 18A vs Samsung SF2 Wiki

TSMC N2 vs Intel 18A vs Samsung SF2 Wiki
by Daniel Nenni on 07-12-2025 at 7:02 pm

Category TSMC N2 Intel 18A Samsung 2nm (SF2)
Target Mass Production 2H 2025 (risk production late 2024) H2 2024 (internal); early 2025 for IFS customers Late 2025 – risk production
Transistor Type GAA nanosheet (TSMC’s implementation) RibbonFET (Intel’s GAA design) MBCFET™ (Multi-Bridge Channel FET)
Backside Power
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IC Packaging Comparison Wiki (TSMC, Intel, Samsung)

IC Packaging Comparison Wiki (TSMC, Intel, Samsung)
by Daniel Nenni on 07-12-2025 at 4:03 pm

Why advanced packaging matters:

As Moore’s Law slows down, it has become increasingly difficult and expensive to scale monolithic SoCs. This has driven the semiconductor industry toward heterogeneous integration, which combines different functional blocks (CPU, GPU, memory, accelerators, etc.) in a single package… Read More


3D IC (Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit) Wiki

3D IC (Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit) Wiki
by Daniel Nenni on 07-12-2025 at 3:50 pm

A 3D Integrated Circuit (3D IC) is a device in which two or more active electronic layers (dies or wafers) are vertically stacked and interconnected to function as a single integrated system. These layers are interconnected using fine-pitch vertical interconnects, such as Through-Silicon Vias (TSVs) or hybrid bonds, allowing… Read More


EUV Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Wiki

EUV Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Wiki
by Daniel Nenni on 05-28-2023 at 4:19 pm

Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV or EUVL) is an advanced semiconductor manufacturing technology used to print the smallest features on integrated circuits (ICs), particularly at leading-edge nodes such as 7nm, 5nm, 3nm, and below. EUV uses light with a wavelength of 13.5 nanometers, which is in the extreme ultraviolet… Read More


EDA Open Source and Free Tools Wiki

EDA Open Source and Free Tools Wiki
by Daniel Payne on 04-21-2020 at 1:54 pm

SYSTEM

CppSim – system-level simulator by creating C++ code of your schematic
PandA-bambu – framework for research in high-level synthesis and HW/SW co-design
QElectroTech – Electronic diagrams
SystemC – system design and modeling
SVALint – Linter for SystemVerilog Assertions (SVA)
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Semiconductor IP Lifecycle Wiki

Semiconductor IP Lifecycle Wiki
by Daniel Nenni on 01-23-2020 at 5:52 am

The Semiconductor IP (Intellectual Property) lifecycle refers to the process by which design IP blocks—such as processors, memory controllers, interface PHYs, and verification models—are developed, verified, licensed, reused, and ultimately retired within the context of integrated circuit (IC) and SoC (System-on-Chip)

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