For an excellent discussion about the state of the art in 3D design, click on over to Ann Steffora Mutschler’s article on Chip Design Magazine’s System-Level Design Community (Solving Memory Subsystem Bottlenecks in 3D Stacks). The article discusses several key aspects of 3D design with memory including Wide I/O and cost issues that argue both for and against 3D assembly. Essentially, performance, power, and volumetric space requirements drive the “for” arguments. Reliability, cost, and assembly-process maturity issues drive the “against” arguments. Get a quick read from this article.
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