Experts At The Table: SoC Integration Mistakes

First of three parts: What’s missing; common problems and how to avoid them; what’s behind these errors and re-spins; proximity effects; communication breakdowns.

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss integration challenges with Ruggero Castagnetti, distinguished engineer at LSI; Rob Aitken, an ARM fellow; Robert Lefferts, director of engineering in Synopsys’ Solutions Group; Bernard Murphy, chief technology officer at Atrenta; and Luigi Capodieci, R&D fellow at GlobalFoundries. What follows are excerpts of that roundtable discussion.

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