ACM-SIGDA
Design Automation Technology and Design Manufacturing Interface for Deep Submicron Integrated Circuits
Embedded Tutorial: Design Manufacturing Interface for 0.13 Micron and Below
Design Manufacturing Interface for 0.13 Micron and Below
Author: Andrzej J. Strojwas - Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA
Abstract: This tutorial will present the requirements for the design-manufacturing interface in the upcoming generations of ULSI technologies. We will start by presenting an overview of trends in semiconductor industry: accelerated roadmap which leads to further miniaturization, the increasing role of manufacturing fluctuations, shrinking time to market, product complexity (including SOC) and the overall disaggregation of semiconductor industry (emergence of fabless companies and increasing role of foundries in manufacturing). Then we will discuss the current, isolated approach to process development, product design and volume manufacturing.