• DocumentCode
    452003
  • Title

    Cost of Silicon Viewed from VLSI Design Perspective

  • Author

    Maly, Wojciech

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University , Pittsburgh , PA
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    6-10 June 1994
  • Firstpage
    135
  • Lastpage
    142
  • Abstract
    This paper provides an overview of design/test/CAD silicon cost-related issues. All major factors contributing to the rapid growth of manufacturing costs are explained and a simple cost model is introduced to assess possible impact of cost growth on the VLSI arena.
  • Keywords
    Computer aided manufacturing; Cost function; Design automation; Electronics industry; Integrated circuit testing; Manufacturing industries; Microelectronics; Semiconductor device modeling; Silicon; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Design Automation, 1994. 31st Conference on
  • ISSN
    0738-100X
  • Print_ISBN
    0-89791-653-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/DAC.1994.204086
  • Filename
    1600359