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Moving 3D ICs into Mainstream Design Flows8 a9 s0 A: m& \& A- s* `# m
Chi-Ping Hsu, Senior V! ice President, Research and Development, Silicon Realization Group, Cadence
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# d4 w/ k) ~% MVolume 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.
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+ P+ f) t C/ E! d3D 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.
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