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Moving 3D ICs into Mainstream Design Flows
1 Z0 e5 R% f2 m% B, ^Chi-Ping Hsu, Senior V! ice President, Research and Development, Silicon Realization Group, Cadence7 ?8 C' A8 R: r) I8 y9 k% k1 w. i5 I
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Volume production of 3D ICs with through-silicon vias (TSVs) is expected within a few years. Early adopters of this new technology can expect higher bandwidths, lower power, increased density and reduced costs. But without “3D aware” tools and a mature supply chain ecosystem, 3D ICs cannot move into mainstream IC design flows.& m& |/ Y# s% N
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3D ICs are attractive because they enable an assortment of die, manufactured at various process nodes, to be stacked. For example, a 28 nanometer high-speed digital logic die could be stacked with a 130 nanometer analog die. Thanks to such capabilities, heterogeneous 3D ICs with TSVs are expected to have a broad impact in such areas as networking, graphics, mobile communications, consumer devices and computing.7 W# S! l9 L, C3 h s) O! t
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