17-Oct-15 © 2007 IBM Corporation Compact models Design proceeds simultaneously at multiple levels of abstraction Libraries
17-Oct-15 © 2007 IBM Corporation The Old Days Vertical Integration—One company –Develop the manufacturing tools –Develop the fabrication process –Develop the design tools –Develop the device models –Design the chips –Fabricate the chips
17-Oct-15 © 2007 IBM Corporation The Old Days Vertical Integration—One company –Develop the manufacturing tools –Develop the fabrication process –Develop the design tools –Develop the device models –Design the chips –Fabricate the chips Ecomonmic scale change
17-Oct-15 © 2007 IBM Corporation The Old Days Vertical Integration—One company –Develop the manufacturing tools –Develop the fabrication process –Develop the design tools –Develop the device models –Design the chips –Fabricate the chips Ecomonmic scale change Ecomonmic scale change Ecomonmic scale change
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