Field programmable multi-chip module (FPMCM)-an integration of FPGA and MCM technology
Joel Darnauer, Tsuyoshi Isshiki, P. Garay, J. Ramirez, Vikas Maheshwari, Wei-Cheng Tai · 2002
Multichip module technology can be used to dramatically increase the capability and performance of field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and the field programmable systems (FPS) that they are a part of. After an analysis of the key advantages that MCM technology has for FPGAs, we present the design of our first-generation silicon-on-silicon field programmable multi-chip module (FPMCM), analyze its limitations, and present some lessons learned in the development process. We conclude with a comparison of MCM-C and MCM-D technology for this application and suggest that the case for MCM-D for FPMCMs is most compelling when MCM-D is considered as a doorway to active substrate and chip-on-chip technologies.