Collaboration Required to Maximize ASIC Chiplet Value

By Kalar Rajendiran

September 25, 2024

It is a well-known fact that chiplets provide several advantages over traditional monolithic chips. Despite these benefits, the transition to a chiplet-based design paradigm presents challenges that need coordinated efforts across the industry. In essence, collaborative efforts among various players involved are not just a nicety, but rather a hard requirement to realize the full benefits. And an ASIC provider can optimize the benefits even further by customizing the various chiplet components of a design.

I recently interviewed Erez Shaizaf, the CTO of Alchip Technologies, Limited, to gain deeper insights into how the combination of the chiplet-paradigm and an ASIC approach can maximize the benefits to be derived from chiplets. Alchip is a leading provider of silicon design and production services for merchant silicon and system companies developing complex and high-volume ASICs and SoCs. Here are the excerpts from that interview.

The Importance of Collaboration in Chiplet-Based Design

In a fast-paced industry where new tape-outs occur every 12 to 18 months, having the right technology is only part of the solution. Efficient execution is equally critical. Chiplet-based designs and advanced packaging technologies are inherently complex, requiring a multi-disciplinary approach to achieve peak performance and maximize financial returns. Extensive collaboration across the ASIC value chain ensures seamless integration from the architecture phase to design, all the way to mass production ramp-up.

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