Title :
Cost of Silicon Viewed from VLSI Design Perspective
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh , PA
Abstract :
This paper provides an overview of design/test/CAD silicon cost-related issues. All major factors contributing to the rapid growth of manufacturing costs are explained and a simple cost model is introduced to assess possible impact of cost growth on the VLSI arena.
Keywords :
Computer aided manufacturing; Cost function; Design automation; Electronics industry; Integrated circuit testing; Manufacturing industries; Microelectronics; Semiconductor device modeling; Silicon; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation, 1994. 31st Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-89791-653-0
DOI :
10.1109/DAC.1994.204086
