re: accomplished since 2013
posted on
Jun 17, 2015 11:46PM
cp> what have they achived since 2013?
for this, simply follow their news releases.
hope the below summary helps.
GLAL,
R.
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Q3'13
switching laser progress
node size reduced from 800nm to 200nm
optical thyristor-based infrared detector array (incl. 3rd-party validation)
Q1'14
begin reduction from 200nm to 100nm
PDK prep, beginnings of San Jose presence and NASDAQ (SEC 20F filed)
re-worked UConn royalty deal from 30% to 3%
BAE validation (1st non-Lab 3rd-party fab)
Q2'14
achieved continuous-wave thyristor laser
sub-200nm
TDK complete
Synopsys TCAD developed for:
- all with breakthroughs in performance and power efficiency over any existing silicon CMOS technologies that exist or are on the industry roadmap; lower BoM and assembly costs than silicon.
added new patents (worldwide registration):
Q3'14
welcome Dr. Manocha (GlobalFoundries)
100nm achieved
begin transition fabrication techniques to 3rd-party commercial foundry
SEC accepts 20F
Pelligrino v2.0 sets floor at $2.4B valuation
POET PDK completed by Synopsys
work on 40nm begins (SoC target, 6" wafer size)
Q1'15
BAE begins transition from 3" wafer to 6" wafer for full production flow
welcome Mr. Blevins ("International Man of Mystery")
welcome Mr. DeBonis (TriQuint/RFMD:Qorvo)
welcome Mr. Lazovsky (IMI/AppliedMat)
Q2'15
welcome Dr. Deshmukh (AppliedMat)
welcome Dr. Venkatesan (GlobalFoundries)