Title :
Microprocessor pin predicting
Author :
Yazdani, Manzur ; Ferry, D.K. ; Akers, Lex A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Solid State Electron. Res., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA
fDate :
3/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We verified that contemporary microprocessors follow a form of Rent´s rule as applicable for functionally partitioned circuits and, hence, present far fewer pins than that predicted by the SIA. We have also suggested a correction scheme for application of Rent´s rule to recent VLSI circuits that would yield the correct (slower) rate of increase in pin requirements of these circuits. Finally, the reasons for using such a large number of power and ground pins in current VLSI circuits have been elaborated in detail
Keywords :
VLSI; microprocessor chips; Rent rule; VLSI circuit; microprocessor; pin count; Electronics industry; Integrated circuit interconnections; Large scale integration; Logic gates; Marine vehicles; Microprocessor chips; Pins; Power supplies; Ultra large scale integration; Very large scale integration;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE
