Title:Beyond Moore’s Law: 3D IC and Optical Interconnects
Speaker:Prof. Shawn S. H. Hsu (徐碩鴻)（Department of Electrical Engineering and Institute of Electronics Engineering，Tsing Hua University, Taiwan）
Time:PM14:30, Dec.2, 2011
Venue:academic salon room, IOS, CAS
Abstract: The increase in the capacity of the microprocessors has followed the Moore’s law for over three decades. However, the end of Moore’s law has been long predicted owing to the fundamental physical limitation. Different solutions are proposed to keep the Moore’s law on track. In this talk, two possible approaches for “More than Moore” will be discussed including the three-dimensional IC (3D IC) and Optical Interconnect (OI). The basic concepts of 3D IC and Through-Silicon-Via (TSV) will be introduced, and our recent studies about TSV RF modeling and some high speed 3D IC circuits will be shown. The optical interconnects are proposed to resolve the interconnect delay problem as the CMOS keeps scaling down, which promises a wider bandwidth, less power consumption, smaller delay, and the immunity from electromagnetic interference (EMI). The fundamentals of OI will be addressed and our recent development on front-end CMOS circuit blocks for OI applications will also be presented.
Biography: Shawn S. H. Hsu received the B.S. degree from National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 1992, and the M.S. and Ph.D degrees both from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1997 and 2003, respectively. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Institute of Electronics Engineering, National Tsing Hua University. His current research interests include the design of MMICs and RFICs using Si/III–V-based devices for system-on-chip (SOC) applications. He is also involved with the 3D IC and optical interconnects for next generation high speed wireless/optical communications. Professor Hsu was the recipient of the Junior Faculty Research Award of National Tsing Hua University in 2007 and the Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award of the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, Taiwan in 2009. Professor Hsu serves as a technical program committee member in SSDM (2008-present) and IEEE A-SSCC (2008-present).