Intel announced that it will contract 22nm FPgas for Tabula

     There is never enough capacity for AMD, and there often seems to be excess at Intel. At the end of 2010, Intel announced that it would use the new 22nm process to manufacture FPGA chips for Archronix Semiconductor, and subsequently set up a dedicated Foundry "Intel Custom Foundry". Now, Intel has won a second contract customer, or to manufacture 22nm FPGas for people.

     Tabula Inc., a provider of programmable logic solutions for network architecture systems, today confirmed earlier rumors that its ABAX 3D programmable logic device (3PLD) will be manufactured using Intel's 22nm 3D stereo transistor process, and the two companies have also collaborated on optimizing packaging technology.

     Based on the so-called 3D Spacetime architecture, the ABAX 3PLD features fully configurable, high-performance I/ OS, including 920 general-purpose I/ OS and 48 6.5Gbps SerDes, providing a high-performance, low-cost solution for network infrastructure systems with high bandwidth data flow requirements. Suitable for switches, routers, packet detection devices, etc., it can replace the traditional ASIC or ASSP in a large number of applications.

     The current manufacturing process of the series is 40nm(TSMC) and the operating frequency can reach 1.6GHz. Tabula said that the combination of advanced architectures and processes will lead to high-performance programmable circuits, which can greatly reduce the core area of the chip than traditional FPGas, and meet the needs of more complex and higher performance systems, especially Intel's revolutionary three-dimensional transistor technology will benefit from it. In particular, to consolidate Spacetime technology's leading position in the programmable logic industry.