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IBM Research: Science & Technology and Semiconductor Technology Research Overview IBM Research IBM Research: Science & Technology and Semiconductor Technology Research Overview 1 December 2016 IBM Proprietary - For U.S. Government Use Only - Not for Redistribution © 2015 IBM Corporation IBM Research Outline § IBM Research Division - quick overview § Semiconductor Technology Research (STR) – Business Model – Roadmap – Collaboration § Science & Technology (S&T) – Mission – Infrastructure – Research Programs – Collaboration 2 December 2016 IBM Proprietary - For U.S. Government Use Only - Not for Redistribution © 2015 IBM Corporation IBM Research Worldwide: Established 1945 Science & Solution Twelve Labs with Over 3,000 Researchers Around The World Strategy Labs Labs Opened Since 2011 Tokyo (2012/1982) Zurich (1956) Almaden (1986/1952) Watson (1961) Shin-Kawasaki Rueschlikon, San Jose, CA Yorktown Heights, NY & Toyosu, Japan Switzerland First New Research Lab in 12 Years Dublin (2011) China (1995) AustinBrazil (2010)(1995) Dublin, Ireland Beijing, China Sao PauloAustin, &Rio TXde Janeiro Shanghai (2008) Brazil (2011) Africa (2012, 2015) Haifa (1972) India (1998) Australia (2011) Sao Paulo & Nairobi, Kenya & Haifa, Israel Delhi, India Melbourne, Victoria Rio de Janeiro Johannesburg, S.A. 30 November, 2016 3 A Diversity of Disciplines From Atoms to Service Science Physics Chemistry Materials Science Electrical Engineering Computer Sci. Mathematical Sci. Behavioral Sci. Service Science 30 November, 2016 4 2016 Quantum Computing in the Cloud A Legacy of World-Class Research 2015 Quantum Computing: Error Detection For 70 Years 2015 23rd Consecutive Year of Patent Leadership 2012 Atomic Imaging (Charge Distribution, Bond Order) 2011 Watson System 2009 Nanoscale Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 2008 World’s First Petaflop Supercomputer 2007 Web-scale Mining 2005 Cell Broadband Engine 2004 Blue Gene/L 2003 5 Stage Carbon Nanotube Ring Oscillator 2000 Java Performance 1998 Silicon on Insulator (SOI) 1997 Copper Interconnect Wiring 1997 Deep Blue 1994 Design Patterns 1994 Silicon Germanium (SiGe) 1990 Chemically Amplified Photoresists 1987 High-Temperature Superconductivity (Nobel Prize) 1986 Scanning Tunneling Microscope (Nobel Prize) 1980 Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC) 1979 Thin Film Recording Heads 1973 Winchester Disk Drive 1971 Speech Recognition 1970 Relational Database 1967 Fractals 1966 One-Device Memory Cell 1957 FORTRAN 1956 Random Access Memory Accounting Machine (RAMAC) 30 November, 2016 5 A Culture of Innovation – External Recognition 1 Millennium 2 Kavli Prizes 6 Turing Awards 6 Nobel Laureates Technology Prize 10 US 2 U.S. 5 US National 1 Emmy Presidential National Medals of Medals of Medals of Technology Freedom Science 22 Members in National 64 Members in National > 400 Professional 20 Inductees in National Academy of Sciences Academy of Engineering Society Fellows Inventors Hall of Fame v AAAS v APS v IEEE v ACM v AVS v IOP v ACS v ECS v OSA 30 November, 2016 6 Innovations That Matter Have Enabled an Unprecedented 23 Consecutive Years of IBM Patent Leadership • 23 Consecutive Years of Patent Leadership 8,000 • It took IBM 50 years to receive the first 5,000 patents and now routinely produces over 5,000 per year 7,534 7355 • IBM's first patent: U.S. Patent #998,631 issued July 25, 1911. 6,809 7,000 6,478 6,180 5,896 6,000 4,914 5,000 4,186 4,000 3,411 3,415 3,621 3,288 2,886 3,248 3,125 2,756 2,941 3,000 2,658 1,867 2,000 1,724 1,2981,383 1,085 1,000 0 2011 2011 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2012 2013 2014 2015 30 November, 2016 7 Evolution of IBM Research Business Model Business Model Evolves as Business Conditions Change In Order for IBM Research to Remain Essential to the IBM Company 1970's 1980's 1990's 2000's 2010's § Corporate § Collaborating § Work on § Industry-focused § Collaborative funded across IBM client research Partnerships research problems § Shared § Created Bus. § Emerging agenda agenda Adv. For Clients markets § Technology § Effectiveness Globalize & Engage transfer Client Business Research Research in the Marketplace Joint Programs Centrally Funded 30 November, 2016 8 IBM Research: Aligned to Growth Cloud AI Data + AI Transforming Transforming Transforming IT Computing Industries Computing Cognitive Cognitive as a Service Platform Solutions Science and Emerging Technologies 30 November, 2016 [email protected] | IBM Confidential | For Use Only by High Level Steering Committee (HLSC) of the EU Quantum Technology Flagship Project 9 IBM Research Semiconductor Technology Research IBM Relationship with GlobalFoundries Acquisition of IBM’s Semiconductor Business by GLOBALFOUNDRIES is Completed Armonk, N.Y. - 01 Jul 2015: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that the acquisition of the company’s global commercial semiconductor technology business by GLOBALFOUNDRIES has been completed. With the closing of this transaction, GLOBALFOUNDRIES becomes IBM's exclusive semiconductor processor technology provider for the next 10 years, ensuring a long-term supply of semiconductors for IBM systems. IBM Research will continue its deep focus on fundamental semiconductor and material science research and systems innovation to drive IBM’s leadership in mainframe, Power and storage systems as well as future cloud, big data and analytics systems. “This announcement is the next step in our long-standing relationship with GLOBALFOUNDRIES. IBM continues to invest in systems leadership, innovation and talent for the long-term,” said Tom Rosamilia, senior vice president, IBM Systems. “IBM is designing and developing IT systems for the digital era -- including servers, storage and middleware that will empower our clients to drive new workloads and new business models.“ IBM expects its unparalleled semiconductor and materials research, which has delivered such breakthroughs as copper chips, silicon germanium and quantum computing research, to continue to advance its capabilities in systems for years to come. IBM/GF Relationship Is Imperative to Future IBM Systems GF Must Successfully Manufacture Microprocessors for IBM Mainframes / Systems 10 October 2015 IBM Proprietary - For U.S. Government Use Only - Not for Redistribution © 2015 IBM Corporation IBM Research IBM is Committed to Hardware Research & Development …let me be clear-we are not exiting hardware. IBM will remain a leader in high-performance and high-end systems, storage and cognitive computing, and we will continue to invest in R&D for advanced semiconductor technology. Cloud and big data applications are placing new challenges on systems, just as the underlying chip technology is facing significant physical scaling limits. Virginia Rometty, IBM CEO IBM 2013 Annual Report IBM News Room March 8, 2014 July 10, 2014 Partners with GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Samsung and SUNY Polytech to Clear Path For Next Generation Semiconductors IBM News Room July 9, 2015 11 October 2015 IBM Proprietary - For U.S. Government Use Only - Not for Redistribution © 2015 IBM Corporation IBM Research Semiconductor Technology Research IBM Semiconductor Technology Research Mission: Industry Leadership in Semiconductor Technology Research Almaden, CA USA Haifa, Israel Tokyo, Japan Lithography Materials mmWave Technology Neuromorphic Sciences Exploratory Physics THz passive imaging Nano/micro systems for low power Integrated sensors IoT device minaturization Intelligent Machines Optical Interconnects Yorktown, NY USA Albany, NY USA Zurich, Switzerland Quantum Computing Center for Semiconductor Research Binnig & Rohrer Nanotechnology Center Neuromorphic Computing 10nm / 7nm / Pathfinding III-V & Si Photonics MRAM & PCM EUV Center of Excellence Low Power technologies III-V & Si Photonics New device architectures Quantum Technologies Wearables III-V, 3DI, MRAM Precision Diagnostics 12 October 2015 IBM Proprietary - For U.S. Government Use Only - Not for Redistribution © 2015 IBM Corporation IBM Research Industry 1st : IBM Semiconductor Technology Research 7nm Device Demonstration @ Albany with Early R&D Partners § Key Features: – Fully Integrated build – Sub 50nm gate pitch, 15nm Lpoly – Sub 30nm fin pitch, dual channel – Sub 40nm BEOL pitch – Multiple EUV levels Sub 30nm pitch, dual channel fins Sub 50nm gate pitch w/ SA contacts Will IBM’s Ultra- Dense Chip Be A Game Changer? 13 October 2015 IBM Proprietary - For U.S. Government Use Only - Not for Redistribution © 2015 IBM Corporation IBM Research Semiconductor Technology Research IBM Semiconductor Technology Business Model § IBM is focusing on Industry Leadership in Semiconductor Technology Research, and will transfer the results to manufacturing partner with a leading edge, at-scale fab IBM Research IBM & Partners Foundry Partner Science & Semiconductor Technology Technology Technology Development & Research Research Manufacturing Almaden, Yorktown, Albany Nanotech Tokyo, Zurich & Haifa Center East Fishkill / Malta IBM Systems Semiconductor Design and Product Engineering NET: Path for IBM Research Technologies to Market Through Manufacturing Foundry Partner 14 October 2015 IBM Proprietary - For U.S. Government Use Only - Not for Redistribution © 2015 IBM Corporation IBM Research Semiconductor Technology Research New Device IBM Semiconductor Technology Roadmap 5nm Architecture 3rd Gen FinFET 7nm w/ EUV & new channel Generations of 10nm Scaled FinFET Technology Leadership FinFET 14nm 3rd Gen. HiK R&D à à 2nd Gen. HiK 22 nm Production High-K gate 32 nm dielectric on SOI 45 nm eDRAM, Immersion lithography Ultra Low-k BEOL insulators 65 nm Advanced Strained Silicon 90 nm
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