Foundry technology for 130nm and beyond SoC

Current foundry technology menus are so rich that they are sufficient to provide single chip solutions to a wide variety of desktop, portable and communication systems. At 130-nm and 90-nm generations, many of the device characteristics are no longer a straightforward extension of past generations. Special attention should be made for mixed-signal chip design. A judicious choice of devices and careful trade-off between version options should be made to maximize the benefit from the latest foundry offerings.