Chiplet Center of Excellence- Greater effectiveness and sharing of initial efforts as part of a strong and focused network
- Access to technology comparisons, variant analyses, application-specific roadmaps, etc.
- Overview on technological state-of-the-art and research activities, w.r.t. use cases and application-specific requirements
- Networking with chiplet ecosystem (companies & research)
- Interdisciplinary approach of bringing together experts from design, tooling, technology and application along the automotive value chain
- Determination of “Sweet Spots” for use cases, based on application-centric requirements considering optimization criteria
- Evaluation of different technology-architecture options using fabricated test structures and sub-systems
- Interface to European system integration pilot line
Strategic Partnership Benefits
Outcome for the Industry
Clear insight to the evolving chiplet ecosystem
- Continuous analysis and evaluation of technological development through continuous and use case focused “State of the Art” reporting
- Benchmarking of architectural concepts and manufacturing technologies
- Link to materials and equipment supplies
High efficiency by common basis for chiplet system design
- Aggregation of partner demands and goals to identify generic product families and to enable the development of reference architectures
- Chiplet system work flow incl. design kit & design rules, models, etc.
- Catalogue of reusable basic blocks with proven properties w.r.t. performance, cost, manufacturability, testability, reliability
Clear focus on cost efficient chiplet integration platforms based on technology–design co-optimization
- Platform approach to enable reusability, flexible structuring and scaling
- Evaluation strategies (e.g. system technology co-optimization (STCO) methods) based on system models and characterization of HW setups
- Platform should span from low cost Microprocessor based applications up to automotive HPC applications
Higher predictability for chiplet-based system development
- Comprehensive collection, aggregation and evaluation of data from architecture exploration, design, manufacturing, testing and reliability assessment incl. external information sources
- Performance evaluation and cost optimization in early development stages
- Substantiated evaluation of total cost of ownership
Networking and standardization with impact on chiplet ecosystem
- Framework for pre-competitive collaboration and joint development along the automotive value chain
- Elaboration of jointly coordinated guidelines and proven proposals to standardization
- Work on chiplet interface standards for mid-end chiplet systems
Faster industrialization of new technologies
- Direct link to the existing portfolio of the "Research Fab Microelectronics Germany (FMD)" and contribution to future technology development in AHSI pilot line
- Transfer concepts / supply chain implications for industrialization