FROM ROADMAPS TO REALITY - THE CHALLENGES OF DESIGNING TOMORROWS CHIPS

Ever smaller structures and ever greater numbers of semiconductor elem ents on a single chip call for a growing level of interdisciplinary cr eativity among chip and system developers. Also required are measures designed to significantly reduce the power dissipation associated with each function, even as clock rates accelerate. As integration increas es, another requirement is to integrate combinations of analog and dig ital circuits on a single chip.