元器件交易網(wǎng)訊 4月18日消息，據(jù)外媒報道，三星正在與芯片大廠格羅方德（GlobalFoundries）合作，加快主要用于智能機(jī)及平板的低功耗高速芯片供應(yīng)。

　　格羅方德授權(quán)三星使用14納米FINFET芯片制程技術(shù)，該技術(shù)主要用來制造三維晶體管。格羅方德使用這些晶體管制造出的芯片較當(dāng)前20納米制程技術(shù)制造的芯片速度快20%，同時能耗減少35%。

　　格羅方德一直在追求自主開發(fā)14納米技術(shù)，并計劃今年推出。現(xiàn)在格羅方德放棄了該技術(shù)，顯然三星FINFET制程是更好的選擇。

　　FINFET晶體管可以用在包括臺式機(jī)、服務(wù)器的任何電腦中。格羅方德的切割工藝與三星的技術(shù)結(jié)合，是為滿足日益增長的智能機(jī)及平板電腦芯片需求。（元器件交易網(wǎng)毛毛  摘譯）

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　　Samsung is partnering with chipmanufacturer GlobalFoundries to increase the supply of low-power, high-speedchips for smartphones and tablets.

　　GlobalFoundries has licensed Samsung’s14-nanometer FINFET chip making process, which is used to manufacture 3Dtransistors. Those transistors will allow GlobalFoundries to make chips thatare 20 percent faster and use 35 percent less power than chips made using itscurrent 20-nanometer technology, the companies said.

　　GlobalFoundries doesn’t use the chipsitself. It’s a foundry supplier, which means it makes chips for other companiesthat outsource their chip production, such as Advanced Micro Devices, Nvidiaand Qualcomm.

　　Chip makers are constantly racing to buildfaster, more power-efficient chips, and the deal with Samsung will helpGlobalFoundries compete better with other foundry suppliers such as Taiwan’sTSMC.

　　In fact, GlobalFoundries had been pursuingits own 14-nanometer technology, which it planned to introduce this year. Ithas now dropped that technology, apparently deciding that Samsung’s FINFETprocess is a better option.

　　Moving to a more advanced process quicklyis important to staying competitive. Many of today’s mobile devices use28-nanometer chips, but Qualcomm recently announced its first 64-bit,20-nanometer part, a step on the way to 14 nanometer.

　　Intel, which has some of the most advancedmanufacturing plants in the world, is already making 14-nanometer chips.They’ll be introduced this year for PCs. Samsung, GlobalFoundries and othershave been accelerating their manufacturing road maps to catch up.

　　TSMC, which is the world’s largest foundrysupplier, will start producing 3D transistors this year using a 16-nanometerprocess. The number refers to the smallest circuits etched on the surface ofthe chips.

　　The deal between Samsung andGlobalFoundries could bring them certain advantages. They’ll be able to promisecustomers a steady supply of chips, because customers will now be able to orderthe same type of FINFET products from GlobalFoundries’ factory in SaratogaCounty, New York, as well as from Samsung’s factories in Korea and in Austin,Texas.

　　Intel and TSMC each use different 14-nm andFINFET technologies, so their customers don’t have the option to use othercompanies’ fabs.

　　GlobalFoundries will start making the 14-nmchips early next year, though they might not reach mobile devices until 2016,since device makers will first need to test and validate the chips in theirproducts. The manufacturing process will be used for a range of graphics andapplication processors.

　　FINFET transistors can be used in all kindsof computers, including desktops and servers, but GlobalFoundries cut the dealwith Samsung technology mainly to meet the growing demand for smartphone andtablet chips, said Ana Hunter, GlobalFoundries’ vice president of productmanagement.

　　GlobalFoundries was formed when AMD spunout its chip manufacturing plants a few years ago. AMD is one ofGlobalFoundries’ main customers, and last week the two companies extended theirchip-making deal.