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CAD Tools for 3-Dimensional VLSI Circuits

Award Information

Agency:
Department of Defense 		Branch:
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 		Award ID:
58390 		Program Year/Program:
2002 / SBIR
Agency Tracking Number:
02SB1-0264 		Solicitation Year:
N/A 		Solicitation Topic Code:
N/A 		Solicitation Number:
N/A
Small Business Information
Orora Design Technologies, Inc.
18378 Redmond Fall CIty Road Redmond, WA -
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Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No
 
Phase 1
Fiscal Year: 2002
Title: CAD Tools for 3-Dimensional VLSI Circuits
Agency / Branch: DOD / DARPA
Contract: DAAH0102CR137
Award Amount: $98,893.00
 

Abstract:

"Three dimensional integration offers the potential of orders of magnitudeimprovement by reducing interconnect lengths and delays. With recent breakthroughsin manufacturing technology, 3-D circuits are emerging as a commercially viablesolution to enable continued technology development conforming to Moore's Law.However, the exploration of 3-D circuits will be hampered by a lack of designtools for thermal investigation and 3-D place and route. In this SBIR proposal,Orora Design Technologies (ODT) proposes the development of a new generation ofCAD tools and a design methodology for three-dimensional integrated circuits.ODT will develop a VHDL-AMS based methodology will be developed and demonstratedfor modeling and simulation of the coupled electrical and thermal performances of3-D circuits. Innovative place-and-route tools will be developed to facilitateexploration and multi-objective optimization of 3-D circuits. The design of anasynchronous FFT processor tailored to the 3-D structure will be chosen to allowdemonstration of performance gains in reducing latency, increasing clock speed,and increasing density while still maintaining reasonable power dissipation. Three dimensional integration hold the potential for increasing circuit performance.By stacking circuits, an increase in circuit density and a decrease in the lengthof critical routes can be achieved. This in turn will alleviate the burdens placedon the large die currently implem

Principal Investigator:

Monte F. Mar
Chief Scientist
4257029196
monte.mar@orora.com

Business Contact:

Tracey Luo
Business Manager
4257029196
tracey.luo@orora.com
Small Business Information at Submission:

Orora Design Technologies, Inc.
17371 NE 67th Court, Suite 205 Redmond, WA 98052

EIN/Tax ID: 421471683
DUNS: N/A
Number of Employees:
Woman-Owned: No
Minority-Owned: No
HUBZone-Owned: No