Smaller, faster, cheaper, . . . and more functionality. There are numerous ways to go about achieving these essential elements for today's communication designs-none of them easy. Multi-technology design, while not a new concept, can provide a viable alternative for high-performance or high-function integration products if implemented with modern design tools and flows. Multi-technology design is not without problems, of course. The biggest challenge is that it is "multi." Multi-technology design spans all design domains: electrical/physical, circuit/system, design/analysis, etc., thereby making it challenging in its own right as a design methodology.
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