Has Intel Got It Wrong On Finfets?
July 30, 2012
Intel's triangular finfets suffer a severe performance disadvantage to rectangular finfets and a further disadvantage in respect to SOI finfets, says Professor Asen Asenov of Glasgow University who is the CEO of Gold Standard Simulations.
"Intel may have technological reasons for adopting this shape but by doing so you reduce performance by 12-15%," Asenov tells me.
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