How Can System-Level Design Solve the Interconnect Technology Scaling Problem?

  • Authors:
  • Francky Catthoor;Andrea Cuomo;Grant Martin;Patrick Groeneveld;Lauwereins Rudy;Karen Maex;Patrick van de Steeg;Ron Wilson

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the conference on Design, automation and test in Europe - Volume 1
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

The scaling of interconnect technology hits a red brick wall: interconnect delay and power do not follow Moore's law anymore. The use of new materials like Cu and low-k alleviated the problem temporarily, but physical limits are being hit. What does this mean for system level design? The session starts with an embedded tutorial, given by an interconnect semiconductor technology expert, explaining the physics behind the interconnect problem and the degrees of freedom semiconductor technology offers system designers. Panelists will then express their thoughts and discuss with you how the interconnect problem can be solved by taking these degrees of freedom into account at the system design level. Views from industrial designers, CAD vendors, IC manufacturers and researchers will be presented.