Introduction to Integrated Circuits and Systems

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Introduction to Integrated Circuits and Systems
??? http//cc.ee.ntu.edu.tw/thlin/ Feb. 2014
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a Smart Phone
HTC One X beautiful outside
Real beauty inside!!!
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Inside a smart Phone

• HTC One Specifications
• 1.5GHz dual-core processor (Qualcomm Snapdragon
  S4 MSM8960)
• Samsung K3PE7E700D-XG2 8Gb LP DDR2 Mobile DRAM
  (1GB)
• 16GB Samsung KLMAG4FEJA-A002 storage chip
• 4.7? WVGA display (1280 x 720)
• 8MP rear-facing camera 1.3MP front-facing camera
• 3.7V, 1,800 mAh Li-Ion battery (BJ83100)
• RTR8600 multi-band/mode RF transceiver for LTE
  bands (RTR8600 AFN907.0 E520200A)
• SWr GMD44 (duplexer RF passive device)
• Invensense MPU-3050 MPU-3050 Triple Axis
  Gyroscope with Embedded Digital Motion Processor
  (MPU-3050 Q4S453-D1 EL 1203 K)
• Silicon Image SiI9244 MHL transmitter for HD
  audio and video (924480 PFR974A 10K2206)
• Qualcomm WCN3660 dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and
  FM radio combo chip (WCN3660 PFN634G6 A201002)
• Qualcomm PM8921 power management IC
• Avago ACPM-7251 Multi-Mode, Multi-Band
  CDMA/LTE/UMTS power amplifier (ACPM-7251 K1208
  FC008)
• Synaptics S3202A touch controller (S3202A 2091AD
  AC3G684)
• Audience earSmart A1028 Voice Processor (A1028AOF
  NAP268.0011 1144G)
• Avago A5052 K1206 EK020 77707-3 16839.1 1202 MX
  77703-2 69436.1 1208 MX
• NXP 44506 14 11 ZSD1324

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a Not-so-smart Phone
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Outline

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• Challenge how to make more of less
• Jack Kilby, TI
• Robert Noyce, Fairchild Semiconductor
• ICS Integrated Circuits and Systems
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• SSI, MSI, LSI, VLSI
• System-on-a-Chip (SoC)
• IC Indian and Chinese
• http//www.giee.ntu.edu.tw/portal/lab_ics.php

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• http//www.giee.ntu.edu.tw/portal/lecture_ics.php

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More Moore vs. More Than Moore
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• National Program of Intelligent Electronics
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Top 25 Fabless Companies of the World (4/5/2012)
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2012 ICT????????

1. Voice/gesture control Etron work on a 3D depth
   engine that can be used to draw the 3D map of a
   scene and thus can sense the gesture of a user
2. Smart TV Mstar, Mediatek, and Realtek
3. Smart devices (tablet) Mediatek 6589 (4-core)
4. Ultrabook E-lan is a leader in touch sensing IC
   for touch panel, Realtek for Gbps Ethernet, many
   companies for USB3.0 (Etron, ??, ??)
5. Low-cost smart phone Mediatek, same as (3)
6. Mobile memory Winbond, Etron
7. Window smartphone
8. 3D TV Himax, ??
9. APU AMD, Intel
10. Big data

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????ICS??

• Talent
• Love to create, Love to synthesize, Love to make
  things happen
• Connect theory to reality
• Logic thinking
• Intuitive understanding of science/eng. theory
• Background circuit theory, device physics,
  design methodology
• Skill run EDA software
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• IC design house
• Start-up company
• Design service company
• Foundry
• System house
• Pain is inevitable suffering is optional.

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Quiz?
Have you ever seen the picture below?