Spinnaker Semiconductor is a semiconductor process technology and product company with a clear and compelling competitive advantage fueled by proprietary "leap-frogâ CMOS transistor technology innovation. To put the commercial importance of CMOS transistor technology innovation in perspective, both Intel and AMD refer to the transistor as the "engine that drives [microprocessor] performance." Spinnaker Semiconductor has patented and demonstrated a break-through short channel CMOS transistor architecture known as "Schottky Barrier CMOSâ (SB-CMOS), and has completed its prototyping effort in the last 14 months at prestigious Lincoln Labs, a state-of-the-art deep sub-micron CMOS development facility located in Lexington, MA The potential of Spinnakerâs SB-CMOS technology, as well as the competence and vision of itâs founder, has been acknowledged by industry leaders including Yoshio Nishi, Sr. Vice President & Director of Silicon Process Development, Texas Instruments, and Dr. Craig Keast, MIT Lincoln Labs. SB-CMOS enables the precise formation of ultra-small MOS transistors with physical gate lengths in the sub-25nm regime. Physical gate length is the most important parameter for determining the speed/power performance of a transistor, and therefore of an integrated circuit. Reducing gate length has a power law (it goes as the cube of Lgate), rather than a linear effect on the speed/power product of a transistor. Conventional CMOS semiconductor technology faces very difficult challenges in scaling to gate lengths of 50nm and below, threatening to stall the 30 year+ steady rate of advance in cost per function and performance known as "Mooreâs Lawâ.Spinnakerâs initial 25nm gate length SB-CMOS technology will deliver a 5X+ speed/power advantage over the industryâs most aggressive conventional CMOS transistor, at a reduced cost. Spinnakerâs initial advantage, and subsequent scalability places its transistor roadmap 3-4 years ahead of the correspondi
