VLSI AND SYSTEM DESIGN

VLSI AND SYSTEM DESIGN
Case Study



Development of a ARM based automotive SoC



Brief
Architecture based on ARM7TDMI with a DSP core as peripheral
Macro intensive
High utilization factor
Stringent Clock dependency in terms of pulse width, skew and insertion delay.
Mix of Clocks
Multiple frequency and phase clocks
Functional and Test clocks



Design complexity
2 Million gate , exclusive of macros
Die Size of 65 mm^2
75Mhz(ARM & DSP)
Integrated on a 356 pin BGA package
Uses 0.15um low power library


Result
Turnaround time of 8 months