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Will 2009 will be better than 2008 for PDK group workload?

Will 2009 will be better than 2008 for PDK group workload?. More people for Kit group 2009 Kit dev will have Josh, Shawn, John, Norm, Jianjun, Joe. Compared with 2008 team: Josh, Shawn, Randy, John (to Sept), Joe (90% distribution work)

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Will 2009 will be better than 2008 for PDK group workload?

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  1. Will 2009 will be better than 2008 for PDK group workload? • More people for Kit group • 2009 Kit dev will have Josh, Shawn, John, Norm, Jianjun, Joe. • Compared with 2008 team: Josh, Shawn, Randy, John (to Sept), Joe (90% distribution work) • Compared with COM2 SiGe team: Josh, Shawn, John, Randy, Nan, Blane, releasing full design kit in 12 weeks. • Same user groups and similar design methodology • 2008: start of usage of 40nmG by NSPG teams • 2008: back-annotation with Calibre and QRC flow. • Start of OA design kits • Medium risk, because smooth try out of OA version of COM2 SiGe • Start of 28nm technology • Low risk in 1H09, because usage is limited, for preliminary studies • Overall, YES. LSI Confidential

  2. Will 2009 will be better than 2008 for PDV group workload? • Backfilled positions will begin meaningful contributions in 1Q09 • Sunil and Lohitha will provide development and support resources that were only available for less than 50% of 2008 • “Perfect Storm” of events in 2008 won’t happen in 2009 • New users in xAgere kits, new users in xLSI kits -- increased support efforts • Developers new to the xLSI kits – slow resolution of issues • Extensive IP migration support efforts between the “x” kits – extra work • New toolsets -- extensive development effort • Developers learning new toolset – slower development • Adoption of dual vendor flow problematic – resource intensive debug/support • Lack of IT standards -- increased support efforts • There will still be challenges • Closure on dual vendor flow • OA adoption • Continue to drive IT standards • Total group HDCT @ 8 – still short of “ideal” 9 HDCT last realized in 2006 (perf review HDCT was 11 in 2004, 11 in 2005 and 7 in 2006) LSI Confidential

  3. PDK development – estimated HDCT’s LSI Confidential

  4. 28nm requirements in 1Q09 • Details in back-up slides • For March release • Needed and planned • PDK framework using IC 6.1.3 • Layer and techfiles • MOS symbols, schematic views, netlisting • Verisub support of TSMC DRC and LVS decks • Nice-to-have and planned • MOS pcells LSI Confidential

  5. Proposed work plan for 1H09 • Proposed plan • Requested CSC items: use “worst-case-scenario”, not actual commitments. • 28nm 1Q09 requirements delivered in March release • COM3 SiGe full PDK still targeted for June 15 release • PDK Framework and diode only for 3/23 release • CSC work for most components starting March. • Calibre and QRC flow to enable the checks developed. • Insert final Excel sheet “28nm_first” here. LSI Confidential

  6. Back-up slides LSI Confidential

  7. 28nm for Technology Evaluation Group • For April tape-out • Testers, most are MOS • Few circuits, e.g. bandgap • In order of priority • Tech files and layers • LVS and DRC • Need to have interface from LSI environment (PDK) to TSMC tech files • Verisub would help but not necessary • MOS front-end • Schematic symbol for MOS • Pcell would be nice. • Manually edit netlist for the ckt simulation • ckt contains more than just MOS, anyway. LSI Confidential

  8. 28nm for Standard Cell Library group • For technology benchmarking purpose not early tape-out. Want to get results before TSMC’s June 2009 • End of March will get official LSI decision on TSMC bulk vs. IBM SOI. • Already starting to do whole flow with piecing in TSMC information • Will take pieces of what we can provide to reduce own work. • In order of priority • IC 6.1 PDK framework within the ICDS / Sync environment • Schematic view and netlist (for LVS) of MOS • MOS alone would be 80% of needs. Diodes are also used. • Can use TSMC decks directly for back-end, but verisub support would be good. • ?MOS pcells? Question if same pcell can be used effectively for both Analog design and cell library design • Note, flow is schematic driven, but has not used the custom analog PDK pcell in the past. LSI Confidential

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