Title :
VLSI¿are smaller devices and more complex chips mutually exclusive?
Author_Institution :
General Electric Company plc, Hirst Research Centre, Wembley, UK
Abstract :
It is suggested that the exploitation of complex silicon chips incorporating submicrometre devices will require the use of highly structured architecture, such as systolic arrays, with maximum exphasis on `nearest-neighbour¿ interconnections.
Keywords :
cellular arrays; large scale integration; monolithic integrated circuits; VLSI; complex Si chips; highly structured architecture; monolithic integrated circuits; submicrometre devices; systolic arrays;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19830001
