Determination of of operating frequency and signal integrity of various implementations of a symmetric multiprocessor computer

Author

McCredie, B.D. ; Becker, W.D. ; Singh, B. ; Lin, P.

Author_Institution

IBM Corp., Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

2-4 Oct 1995

Firstpage

10

Lastpage

12

Abstract

The primary function of the package designer is to determine the maximum frequency of operation and functionality of a given computer design point. Determination of the maximum operating frequency requires calculation of both off chip driver and receiver delays as well as package and interconnect delays. Determination of signal integrity is generally a noise analysis problem, that requires calculation of the total noise from all possible sources at the input to an off chip receiver. This paper outlines the analysis methodology and techniques used to determine the performance and functionality of various implementations of a common symmetric multiprocessor computer architecture

Keywords

delays; multiprocessing systems; noise; packaging; delays; design; functionality; interconnect; noise analysis; off chip driver; off chip receiver; operating frequency; package; signal integrity; symmetric multiprocessor computer; Clocks; Crosstalk; Delay; Frequency; Integrated circuit interconnections; Latches; Low-frequency noise; Packaging; Signal analysis; Signal design;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Performance of Electronic Packaging, 1995

Conference_Location

Portland, OR

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3034-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EPEP.1995.524679

Filename

524679