Signal Integrity and design consideration of an MCM for video graphic acceleration

被引:14
作者
Yang, Z [1 ]
Rahman, M
Mourad, S
机构
[1] Santa Clara Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Santa Clara, CA 95051 USA
[2] S3 Graph, Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
[3] Santa Clara Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Santa Clara, CA 95053 USA
来源
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ADVANCED PACKAGING | 2001年 / 24卷 / 03期
关键词
chip on chip; LVDS; multichip module; signal integrity;
D O I
10.1109/6040.938298
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
This paper introduces a cost effective multichip, module (MCM) for video graphic acceleration (VGA) of portable computers. A 1.7 million gate graphic processor IC and two 8 M byte DRAM chips have been integrated into a 31 X 31 mull 4-layer PBGA. Signal Integrity measurement and analysis has been performed to optimize performance of the present design and a direction for improvement for the next generation product. This study confirms that more consideration given to the MCM application at the IC design stage will maximize MCM performance.
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页码:309 / 316
页数:8
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