Chip system architecture for performance enhancement, power reduction and cost reduction
US7518225B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 4, 2006 |
| Grant date | Apr 14, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 24, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01L2924/15311
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer chip is structured to have at least one single-layered chip, at least one multi-layered chip stack, and a carrier package characterized by electrical interconnections of less than 100 microns diameter, wherein the single-layered chip and the multi-layered chip stack are each electrically coupled to the electrical interconnections of the carrier package, and the single-layered chip is communicatively coupled to the multi-layered chip stack through the carrier package so that an electrical signal propagates over a given distance between the single-layered chip and the multi-layered chip stack at substantially a speed of propagation for a single layer chip over the given distance. The single-layered chip can be a processor having multi-cores and the multi-layered chip stack can be a memory cache stack. Interconnect vias, having a density at least as great as 2500 interconnects/cm2 electrically couple the single-layered chip and the multi-layered chip stack to the carrier package.
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