Article: 22nm Design Challenges at ISSCC 2011
By: savantu (savantu.delete@this.email.ro), March 15, 2011 4:25 am
Room: Moderated Discussions
David Kanter (dkanter@realworldtech.com) on 3/14/11 wrote:
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>Dean Calver (deano@cloudpixies.com) on 3/14/11 wrote:
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>>The implication that chip design will need to become more >aware of the physical
>>processes of fabrication, seems to require a change in >knowledge and education base of the designers.
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>For some designers it's not an issue. If they understand the physics, they will
>know the implications and be able to adjust.
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>However, if they are looking from the perspective of viewing the chip as a perfect
>digital device that is represented by the RTL and software models...then they are in for a bit of a surprise.
>
But isn't all this vey well known for like 20 years ?
I mean I am pretty sure Willamete designers were intimately aware of process limitations and so on.
What were all the DFM and design-to-cost aproaches doing in the past decade ?
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>Dean Calver (deano@cloudpixies.com) on 3/14/11 wrote:
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>>The implication that chip design will need to become more >aware of the physical
>>processes of fabrication, seems to require a change in >knowledge and education base of the designers.
>
>For some designers it's not an issue. If they understand the physics, they will
>know the implications and be able to adjust.
>
>However, if they are looking from the perspective of viewing the chip as a perfect
>digital device that is represented by the RTL and software models...then they are in for a bit of a surprise.
>
But isn't all this vey well known for like 20 years ?
I mean I am pretty sure Willamete designers were intimately aware of process limitations and so on.
What were all the DFM and design-to-cost aproaches doing in the past decade ?
Topic | Posted By | Date |
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Design Challenges at 22nm Article | David Kanter | 2011/03/14 12:36 AM |
Design Challenges at 22nm Article | Dean Calver | 2011/03/14 01:06 AM |
Design Challenges at 22nm Article | David Kanter | 2011/03/14 08:06 PM |
Design Challenges at 22nm Article | savantu | 2011/03/15 04:25 AM |
Roots of this problem go way back. | someone | 2011/03/14 06:00 AM |
Education | Moritz | 2011/03/15 03:42 AM |
Education | someone | 2011/03/15 06:26 AM |
Education | Moritz | 2011/03/15 11:44 AM |
Education | sylt | 2011/03/18 09:31 AM |
Roots of this problem go way back. | Rob Thorpe | 2011/03/15 05:25 AM |
Roots of this problem go way back. | someone | 2011/03/15 06:20 AM |
Roots of this problem go way back. | Nathan Monson | 2011/03/15 08:17 AM |
Roots of this problem go way back. | mpx | 2011/03/15 11:55 AM |
Roots of this problem go way back. | Mark Roulo | 2011/03/15 01:34 PM |
Roots of this problem go way back. | Rob Thorpe | 2011/03/15 03:42 PM |
Roots of this problem go way back. | Paul | 2011/03/15 04:03 PM |
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