Title :
AS/400 PowerPC compatible semi-custom technology
Author :
Gruver, Mike ; Phan, Nghia ; Aipperspach, Tony ; Hilker, Scott ; Bartley, Jerry
Author_Institution :
IBM Corp., Rochester, MN, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes the technology and semi-custom design aspects of the AS/400 PowerPC chip set. In order to meet the growing demand for AS/400 system performance, a 6 ns cycle time was specified. This requirement, coupled with the desire for a short development cycle, drove the chip team to choose a semi-custom design style utilizing a mature BICMOS technology. Three semi-custom chips and one ASIC were designed and packaged in a multi-chip, high performance package to form the processor engine
Keywords :
BiCMOS integrated circuits; application specific integrated circuits; microprocessor chips; multichip modules; AS/400 PowerPC chip set; AS/400 PowerPC compatible semi-custom technology; ASIC; BICMOS technology; development cycle; multi-chip package; Application specific integrated circuits; BiCMOS integrated circuits; Books; CMOS technology; Design methodology; Job shop scheduling; Libraries; Logic arrays; Logic design; Packaging;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 1994. ICCD '94. Proceedings., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-6565-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICCD.1994.331887
