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Design
Amit Kumar Mishra
ECE Department
IIT Guwahati
Landmarks
Moores axiom
Some more funda
Free CAD tool
Parting notes
Moores Law
Gordon Moore: co-founder of Intel
Predicted that the number of transistors
per chip would grow exponentially (double
every 18 months)
Exponential improvement in technology is
a natural trend:
e.g.
Moores
Law
Transistors
Microprocessors
10M
1M
80386
68020
68000
100K
10K
1K
PPC603
Pentium
80486
Pentium Pro
PPC601
MIPS R4000
68040
8086
4004
8080
10x/6years
10x/6years
100
10
1
1975
1980
1985
1990
1995
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IC Products
Processors
Memory chips
Mobile communication,
audio/video processing
Programmable
Analog
PLA, FPGA
Embedded systems
Used in cars, factories
Network cards
System-on-chip (SoC)
Images: amazon.com
1.0
0.8
0.6
Intel386TM DX
Processor
Intel486TM DX
Processor
Pentium Processor
0.35 0.25
Heterogeneity on Chip
Heterogeneity
Memory
Analog
More
Moretransistors
transistorsdoing
doingdifferent
differentthings!
things!
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Time-to-market
Exponentially
Exponentiallymore
morecomplex,
complex, greater
greaterdesign
design
risk,
risk, greater
greatervariety,
variety,and
and aasmaller
smallerdesign
design
window!
window!
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ASIC
System-on-chip (SOC)
Open issues
Keeping
CAD $3 B
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Gaps to be filled:
System-semiconductor
gap
Semiconductor-CAD gap
Scenario in India???
HUGE outsourcing
Loads of startups (WHY?)
VLSI design is nowhere a single nation job
Fabrication labs (fabs) in USA getting sold
out
India getting 4 fabs by next year!
Thank You
Best of Luck for End-Sems and Internships