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| THURSDAY, June 16, 2005, 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Room: 207ABC | ||
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TOPIC AREA: DESIGN FOR MANUFACTURING (mixed tools and methods) | ||
| SESSION 46 | |||
| Special Session: DFM and Variability: Theory and Practice | |||
| Chair: Chandu Visweswariah - IBM Corp., Yorktown Heights, NY | |||
| Organizers: Michael Orshansky, Tanay Karnik | |||
| This session will present a series of short (15-minute) talks that consider multiple facets of the design for manufacturability paradigm. The topics include (1) measuring interconnect variability and its effect on parasitic extraction, (2) challenges of implementing a library-based DFM strategy and the interaction between foundry and designer, (3) new circuit design techniques for robust operation, (4) the need for statistical timing analysis, (5) CAD solution for variation-aware timing analysis and optimization, and finally (6) the economic justification of implementing a DFM flow. The talks will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A with a panel of authors. On the theory side, the key focus is circuit and CAD solutions to deal with variability, and updated assessments of the impact of BEOL variations. Commercial EDA is incrementally extending existing platforms. On the practice side, the focus is on economic justification of DFM, as well as the interaction between foundry and designer. | |||
 46.1s |
BEOL Variabiity and Impact on RC Extraction |
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| Speaker(s): | Nagaraj NS - Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX | ||
| Author(s): | Nagaraj NS - Texas Instruments, Inc., Dallas, TX | ||
| 46.2s | An Effective DFM Strategy Requires Accurate Process and IP Pre-Characterization | ||
| Speaker(s): | Carlo Guardiani - PDF Solutions, Inc., San Jose, CA | ||
| Author(s): | Carlo Guardiani - PDF Solutions, Inc., San Jose, CA Massimo Bertoletti - PDF Solutions, Inc., San Jose, CA Christoph Dolainsky - PDF Solutions, Inc., San Jose, CA Nicola Dragone - PDF Solutions, Inc., San Jose, CA Marco Malcotti - PDF Solutions, Inc., San Jose, CA Patrick McNamara - PDF Solutions, Inc., San Jose, CA | ||
| 46.3s | Variation-Tolerant Circuits: Circuit Solutions and Techniques | ||
| Speaker(s): | Vivek De - Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR | ||
| Author(s): | Vivek De - Intel Corp., Hillsboro, OR | ||
| 46.4s | On the Need for Statistical Timing Analysis | ||
| Speaker(s): | Farid N. Najm - Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Canada | ||
| Author(s): | Farid N. Najm - Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Canada | ||
| 46.5s | CAD Tools for Variation Tolerance | ||
| Speaker(s): | David Blaauw - Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | ||
| Author(s): | David Blaauw - Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Kaviraj S. Chopra - Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI | ||
| 46.6s | Are There Economic Benefits in DFM? | ||
| Speaker(s): | Riko Radojcic - QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA | ||
| Author(s): | Matt Nowak - QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA Riko Radojcic - QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA | ||
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