Title :
An enhanced, system-centric, fully hierarchical design method to enable nanometer system-on-chip IC development
Author_Institution :
Cadence Design Syst., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
System-on-chip (SoC) design requirements - including project scale, design content and the technical requirements for successful design - are growing concurrently and, in many cases, exponentially. Business success increasingly requires first-to-market delivery of innovative and competitive new products with rapid ramp to volume production. In many cases, the manufacturing life of individual designs is trending downwards, from many years to (typically) about one year. Recent design experience in developing several industry-first SoCs - as it relates to improvements in design methods, new design technologies, design methodology, and the circuit and chip electrical and physical design techniques which contributed to first silicon success - is presented. The results enabled successful attainment of business and technical objectives set for the designs.
Keywords :
integrated circuit design; nanotechnology; system-on-chip; design content; design methodology; first-to-market delivery; industry-first SoC; integrated circuit design; manufacturing life; nanometer system-on-chip IC development; project scale; ramp to volume production; technical requirements; Delay; Design methodology; Integrated circuit packaging; Job shop scheduling; Optical design; Production; Rivers; Silicon; System-on-a-chip; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Solid-State and Integrated Circuits Technology, 2004. Proceedings. 7th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8511-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICSICT.2004.1436801
