Keynote address tuesday: Challenges in mobile devices: Process, design and manufacturing

The requirements for the recent mobile devices are significantly different from those for the conventional PC-oriented devices in many aspects: power consumption, performance and production ramp-up speed. These unique requirements have created many challenges in process technology, design, and manufacturing. Mobile devices are battery-sensitive, but still need the horsepower to run performance-hungry applications. We need a very tight DTCO (Design and Technology Co-Optimization), and a steep production ramp with high yield. Samsung Electronics has been focusing on the development and manufacturing of mobile devices for many years. The unique challenges associated with mobile devices will be addressed in the talk, along with our experience in overcoming them.