| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/J88050/01 |
| Title: |
A FAULT-TOLERANT ACTIVE-SUBSTRATE TECHNIQUE TO REDUCE COST AND ENSURE ON-TIME DELIVERY |
| Principal Investigator: |
Lea, Professor RM |
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| Department: |
Electronic & Computer Engineering |
| Organisation: |
Brunel University London |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 September 1994 |
Ends: |
28 February 1997 |
Value (£): |
140,654
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| System on Chip |
VLSI Design |
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Multi-Chip Modules (MCMs) offer a route to the size, weight and power dissipation constraints of embedded Massively Parallel Computers (MPCs). However, MPC manufacturers are deterred from the application of these technologies by notoriously high cost and late delivery. These problems are mainly caused by high chip counts and less than perfect chip quality, burn-in yields and mounting yields. Accordingly, this problem is often referred to as the Known-Good-Die-Problem . As a consequence, significant research effort has been directed towards the supply of Known-Good-Die . However, functional density and chip counts increase constantly and consequently, different solutions strategy has to be adopted. Brunel's involvement in the DTI-IED ITMA (Interconnection Technologies for Multi-Chip Assemblies) project has led to the recommendation of fault-tolerant active-substrate MCM as a cost-effective implementation option for Multi-Chip Modules. To that end, a demonstrator MCM will be designed, built and evaluated in real-world system. Furthermore, the acquired data will be used to improve cost models developed under ITMA and adapted under the proposed project for active-substrate MCMs.
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http://www.brunel.ac.uk |