Design Success: Foundry Perspective

Abstract

Leading edge foundries are rolling out new process technologies every two years with today’s advance processes capable of producing a quarter billion transistor on a thumb-nail sized chip. The growth of the fabless business model has enabled many companies to organize and build value with the strength of their design capabilities. Quality is often reflected by the continued success of design practices resulting in market success. The many styles of design implementations provided by a large number of companies sharing a common process helps provide a Darwinian view of quality practices. The interaction with design flows, libraries, special purpose IP, memory types are important considerations. This talk will address the trade-offs and successful design technologies used in foundries.