• DocumentCode
    970920
  • Title

    The impact of supercomputers on IC technology development and design

  • Author

    Fichtner, Wolfgang ; Nagel, Laurence W. ; Penumalli, B. Reddy ; Petersen, Wesley P. ; D´Arcy, John L.

  • Author_Institution
    AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray, Hill, USA
  • Volume
    72
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1984
  • Firstpage
    96
  • Lastpage
    112
  • Abstract
    Very large scale integration (VLSI) has evolved at an enormous rate, progressing from hundreds of components on an integrated circuit (IC) in the 1960´s to a million components on a chip in the foreseeable future. This paper reviews some of the computer-aided design (CAD) tools that are essential for VLSI technology development and circuit design and that also require large amounts of computer resources. Specifically, we describe programs for process simulation, device simulation, and circuit simulation. This paper also reviews the impact of high-performance computing facilities on the development and use of these programs at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
  • Keywords
    Circuit simulation; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Fabrication; Integrated circuit technology; MOSFET circuits; Process design; Silicon; Supercomputers; Very large scale integration;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1984.12822
  • Filename
    1457090
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=970920