ISSN:
1573-0727
Keywords:
Conceptual design
;
flip chip bonding
;
multichip module (MCM)
;
packaging and interconnect
;
trade-off analysis
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Electrical Engineering, Measurement and Control Technology
Notes:
Abstract This article discusses the conceptual/specification phase of multichip system design. The automation of conceptual design practices will decrease design and manufacturing risks by allowing system designers to view the entire performance design space early in the design cycle prior to the initiation of traditional physical design activities. This article describes a software tool that performs interdisciplinary trade-off analysis and partitioning for multichip systems including multichip modules (MCMs) and traditional assembly approaches. The tool concurrently computes physical, electrical, thermal, reliability, testability, and cost performance metrics for multichip systems. This tool allows a large fraction of possible design, technology, material, test, and manufacturing approaches to be explored before decisions are made and resources committed. An example set of trade-off results are presented which examine the trade-off between peripheral I/O format die and area array I/O format die in an MCM, as a function of partitioning a fixed functionality into a variable number of die.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00972080
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