Multimedia, game, and entertainment devices have pushed the leading edge of performance, complexity, power, form factor, design cycle time, and other key aspects of ASIC design for the past several technology nodes. This roundtable brings together experts who are defining the next generation of gaming, mobile-TV, digital-home, display, and multimedia-processing platforms. The discussion spans the underlying chip architectures and roadmaps, as well as the key design, technology, and market challenges for next-generation products.
Index Terms:
CAD, multimedia design, platform, design verification, manufacturing interface, power, flexibility
Citation:
Andrew Kahng, Ira Chayut, John Cohn, Toshihiro Hattori, Jeong-Taek Kong, Pierre Paulin, Richard Tobias, "Roundtable: Design and CAD Challenges for Leading-Edge Multimedia Designs," IEEE Design and Test of Computers, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 83-93, Jan. 2007, doi:10.1109/MDT.2007.24