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integration enabled by SoC technology, design architecture has become
more complex than ever. Signal integrity, IR drop, noise margin, and
cross-talk have become significant issues, and timing closure is taking
much longer. IP preparation also takes time and cost has become a
major concern for fabless customers. In the mean time, customers'
time-to-market requirements remain unchanged!
Therefore, a thorough understanding of system requirements is crucial
for offering SoC design solutions. UMC has its own dedicated team
of system architecture experts to help address the issues our customers
face when developing their SoC designs.
Our experts assist in discussing:
Partition between digital & analog, on-chip & off-chip
Trade-off between hardware and software
Power management from a system point of view
System cost implications
Overall system performance
Process technology, IP and package requirements
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