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X-FAB launches silicon carbide process platform for power MOSFET designs
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-FAB Silicon Foundries SE, the analog/mixed-signal and specialty foundry, has launched XSICM03, its next-generation XbloX platform, advancing silicon carbide (SiC) process technology for power MOSFETs (metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors), delivering significantly reduced cell pitch, enabling increased die per wafer and improved on-state resistance without compromising reliability. XbloX is X-FAB’s streamlined business process and technology platform designed to accelerate the development of advanced SiC MOSFET technology. It integrates qualified SiC process development blocks and modules for planar MOSFET production, which is designed to simplify the onboarding process and significantly reduce design risks and product development time. By combining
proven process modules with robust design rules, control plans, and FMEAs (failure mode and effects analysis), XbloX is said to enable faster prototyping, easier design evaluation, and shorter time to market. This approach gives customers a competitive edge, allowing designers to create a diverse product portfolio while achieving production timelines up to nine months faster than traditional development methods, according to X-FAB. This next generation platform provides active area design cell size reduction while maintaining robust process controls, as well as leakage and breakdown device performance. The XSICM03 platform with robust design rules allows customers to create SiC planar MOSFETs with a cell pitch that is over 25 per cent smaller than the previous generation. This improvement allows for up to a 30 per cent increase in die per wafer compared
Advantech collaborates with ADATA to build AMR system
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dvantech, a provider of industrial edge AI solutions, has collaborated with ADATA, a brand in data storage, to successfully
develop an autonomous mobile robot (AMR) system. Leveraging the NVIDIA Nova Orin reference platform, the AMR system integrates Advantech and ADATA’s solutions, allowing developers to manage the upper- level AI system and lower-level wheelbase
system seamlessly, reducing the need for separate management. This integration is said to shorten AMR development and deployment time by 70 per cent, as demonstrated by the smart disinfection AMR system deployed at the National Taiwan University Hospital Hsin-Chu Branch. Through this partnership, Advantech and ADATA aim to accelerate AMR market growth with a fast-to-deploy AMR solution.
to the previous generation. Leveraging proven process blocks, the platform ensures impressive gate oxide reliability and device robustness. The enriched PCM (parametric control monitor) library and enhanced design
support allow for fast customer tape-out, resulting in faster product development. The next generation platform XSICM03 is now available for early access.
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