SOC Design Approaches Optimized for VLSI Fabrication Technologies

摘要

Two SOC design approaches based on the RAMSYS (Ramp System) architecture are investigated. Their merits and demerits of the two SOC design approaches are analyzed by considering two VLSI fabrication technologies : DRAM-based SOC, MDL (Merged DRAM Logic process)-based SOC. For the analysis purpose, this paper shows the latest two state-of-the-art chips which maximally profits from the two different VLSI fabrications technologies, respectively. Design guidelines and the future directions of the SOC design will be presented based on the analysis of the two chips and the major trend of the SOC design group.