The Tezzblog

Ten Custom 3D-ICs From Tezzaron

Company reports growing demand for stacked silicon devices

NAPERVILLE, Illinois – July 22, 2011

In the past month Tezzaron Semiconductor delivered ten different proprietary, custom-built 3D-ICs to several customers. Each of the ten designs featured two layers of silicon interconnected by hundreds of thousands of TSVs. “We have delivered custom 3D-ICs before … [Read More]

Mentor Graphics Works With Tezzaron and MOSIS on 3D-IC Prototyping Service

Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced a cooperative effort with Tezzaron Semiconductor and MOSIS to provide IC designers with a way to economically develop and manufacture 3D-IC prototypes on multi-project wafers (MPWs). The process enables designs using tens of millions of through silicon vias (TSVs) with dimensions as small … [Read More]

Tezzaron’s Response to Intel’s Tri-Gate “3D” Transistor

Intel’s new transistor is an impressive piece of technology – even more so because it is built in an extremely advanced 22nm process.  However, calling this transistor “3D” has caused some understandable confusion between these transistors and our 3D-ICs (or 3D chips).

Transistors are to a chip what bricks are to … [Read More]