Abbrevation
dfm&y
City
San Francisco, CA
Country
United States
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Abstract

<SPAN style="FONT&#8211;FAMILY: Arial; FONT&#8211;SIZE: 10pt" lang=EN&#8211;GB>Increased manufacturing susceptibility in today’s <SPAN class=SpellE>nanometer</SPAN> technologies requires up to date solutions for yield optimization&#046; In fact, designing <SPAN class=GramE>an</SPAN> <SPAN class=SpellE>SoC</SPAN> for manufacturability and yield aim at improving the manufacturing process and consequently its yield by enhancing communications across the design – manufacturing interface&#046; A wide range of Design&#8211;for&#8211;Manufacturability (DFM) and Design&#8211;for&#8211;Yield (DFY) methodologies and tools are proposed today&#046; Some of which are leveraged during the back&#8211;end design stages, and others have post design utilization, from lithography up to wafer sort, packaging, final test and failure analysis&#046; DFM can dramatically impact the business performance of chip manufacturers&#046; It can also significantly affect age&#8211;old chip design flows&#046; Using a DFM solution is an investment and thus choosing the most cost effective one(s) requires trade&#8211;off analysis&#046; The workshop analyzes this key trend and its challenges, and gives the opportunity to discuss a range of DFM and DFY solutions for today&#8242;s SoC designs&#046;</SPAN>