Name
Abstract | ||
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Today's System-on-a-Chip (SoC) design methodology provides an efficient way to develop highly integrated systems on a single chip by utilizing pre-designed intellectual property (IP) or "cores". However, once assembled, the physical design and manufacturing process that follows does not benefit from the reuse of these cores. We propose an alternative Mask Reuse Methodology (MRM) where most cores are provided with hardened layouts, significantly reducing the number of components for chip-level processing and the associated turn-around time. In addition, each core has a pre-verified mask set, which can be re-used to significantly reduce the overall mask cost and mask manufacturing time. Since mask cost and design and verification times are rapidly becoming prohibitive for low or even medium volume ASIC parts, the proposed MRM methodology can help reduce the barrier for ASIC starts. We provide details of the methodology, as well as an assessment of its impact on design time and design cost with an example of a network processor SoC. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2005 | 10.1109/ISQED.2005.7 | ISQED |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
associated turn-around time,physical design,proposed mrm methodology,mask cost,overall mask cost,mask reuse methodology,design time,design methodology,mask manufacturing time,system-on-a-chip cost,design cost,pre-verified mask set,integrable system,logic design,process design,system on chip,chip,assembly,system on a chip,integrated circuit design,network processor,asic,turn around time,soc,intellectual property,application specific integrated circuits | Network processor,Mask set,System on a chip,Reuse,Computer science,Electronic engineering,Real-time computing,Application-specific integrated circuit,Integrated circuit design,Process design,Physical design,Embedded system | Conference |
ISBN | Citations | PageRank |
0-7695-2301-3 | 0 | 0.34 |
References | Authors | |
5 | 4 | |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subhrajit Bhattacharya | 1 | 462 | 36.93 |
| John Darringer | 2 | 10 | 2.06 |
| Daniel Ostapko | 3 | 0 | 0.34 |
| Youngsoo Shin | 4 | 836 | 93.86 |