Annual Sales

1018 transistors manufactured in 2003

•100 million for every human on the planet

	Global	200
US$) of (Billions
	Billings Semiconductor	150
		100
		50
		0	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002
		1982
							Year

Introduction & Trends

Introduction to Digital Integrated Circuit Design

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Any Device, Any Time, Anywhere

	Cellular: Voice + Data
		@ the Office		10/100/GbE0/100/GbE
	Everywhere Else			802.11b/a/g/a/g
	@ Hotspots
		@ Home
	802.11b/a/g	Broadband			802802..11b/a/g11b/a/g
		10/100
					CellularCellular
					Source: Greg Spirakis
		2010: 1.5 billion interconnected PCs,PCs,
				PCs,
Introduction		2.5 billion interconnected PDAsPDAs				Lecture 1 - 18
				PDAs

Outline

History

Implementation methodologies

Design flow

Technology scaling

VLSI/IC economics

Future trends

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Implementation Methodologies

Digital Circuit Implementation Approaches

Custom

Semi-custom

Cell-Based

Array-Based

	Standard Cells	Macro Cells	Pre-diffused	Pre-wired
	Compiled Cells
			(Gate Arrays)	(FPGA)

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