With 50 Bn Transistors, Sondrel Designs Complex 5nm Process Node

Sondrel announces that the company has successfully designed a 5nm process node.

Stated as the most complex chip design to date, Sondrel in its official release has mentioned that the new 5nm process node is an ultra-complex design which has more than 50 billion transistors.

Talking about the new 5nm process node, Graham Curren, Sondrel’s CEO, said, “With every new process node, the density and number of transistors per area increases dramatically, along with the overall complexity of designing in each process. For example, only a few years ago, our biggest chip had 30 billion transistors. Our latest design delivered over 50 billion transistors. Many factors were considered to implement a 5nm design: number of engineers working on the design, the size of the design database, the complexity of data management, the number of design rules, and the expanded capability of compute infrastructure. Developing a 5nm process node project requires a sophisticated project management system to oversee every aspect of the design to ensure on-time delivery of the highest quality. We typically have several such mega chip designs on the go at the same time as, with more than 130 engineers, we have in house the skilled resources to create the teams needed for each stage of the design. And we are using all these skills for even more complex designs at 3nm with over a hundred billion transistors.”

With this breakthrough in the 5nm process node, Sondrel aims to expand its 5nm technology family to meet diverse customer demands. 

Details on Sondrel’s SoC Design Service and Turnkey ASIC Service for ultra-complex SoCs and ASICs can be found at www.sondrel.com

Sondrel is a UK-based fabless semiconductor company specialising in high-end, complex digital Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) and Systems on Chips (SOCs). It provides a full turnkey service in the design, prototyping, testing, packaging and production of ASICs and SoCs.

Sondrel claims that it is one of only a few companies that can design and supply higher-spec chips built on the most advanced semiconductor technologies.

And sell into a range of hyper-growth end markets such as high-performance computing, automotive, artificial intelligence, VR/AR, video analytics, image processing, mobile networking and data centres.
Sondrel designs have enabled products by leading technology brands including Apple (iPhone), Sony (PlayStation), Meta’s (Oculus), Samsung, Google and Sony smartphones, JVC (prosumer camcorders), Tesla and Mercedes-Benz cars.

Sondrel is well-established, with a 20-year track record of successful delivery, supported by long-standing ecosystem partnerships including Arm, TSMC and Samsung. Headquartered in the UK, Sondrel has a global presence with offices in UK, USA, China, India and Morocco.

For more information: www.sondrel.com