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Booz Allen Hamilton Colloquium: "3DIC: Short and Long Range Opportunities"
Friday, September 27, 2013
3:00 p.m.
1110 Kim Building
For More Information:
Carrie Hilmer
301.405.4470
chilmer@umd.edu
http://www.ece.umd.edu/events/colloquium
Booz Allen Hamilton Distinguished Colloquium in Electrical and Computer Engineering
"3DIC: Short and Long Range Opportunities"
 Professor Paul Franzon
North Carolina State University
Abstract:
3DIC technology refers to stacking and interconnecting chips and substrates (“interposers”) with Through Silicon Vias (TSVs). Industry is gearing up for widespread introduction of this technology with the 22 nm node. At that time 3DIC offers tremendous potential for relieving the off-chip bandwidth bottleneck, especially for memory. and in certain circumstances provide for system cost reduction. In the long term, the potential for 3DIC is less well established. Our research had been investigating a range of 3D opportunities and solutions. Long term promise includes reduction of power per unit of computation beyond those offered just by memory interfaces, and unique opportunities exposed by heterogeneous integration. However, problems that must be solved to lead to these opportunities include thermal management, and cost effective assembly yield and test management. In the long-long term, does it offer potential for scaling beyond the end of Moore’s Law?
Biography:
Paul D. Franzon is currently a Distinguished Alumni Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Carolina State University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia in 1988. He has also worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories, DSTO Australia, Australia Telecom and two companies he cofounded, Communica and LightSpin Technologies. His current interests center on the technology and design of complex microsystems incorporating VLSI, MEMS, advanced packaging and nano-electronics. He has lead several major efforts and published over 200 papers in these areas. In 1993 he received an NSF Young Investigators Award, in 2001 was selected to join the NCSU Academy of Outstanding Teachers, in 2003, selected as a Distinguished Alumni Professor, and received the Alcoa Research Award in 2005. He served with the Australian Army Reserve for 13 years as an Infantry Solider and Officer. He is a Fellow of the IEEE.
This Event is For: Public • Clark School • All Students • Graduate • Prospective Students • Faculty • Staff • Post-Docs
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