Equation 3 · Part 7 · Comparing the Main Approaches to Chiplets and Advanced Packaging
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What this part means
A raised number can be a power. When it is a label or bound, it selects a case or the upper limit of a sum; the formula’s structure distinguishes these uses.
Its job in the formula
A raised mark can be a power or an index. Its position and the surrounding notation determine which.
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The passage around this formula
Shortening the electrical path this way has a direct, quantifiable effect on how much bandwidth a given joint area can carry. Treating the joint as a grid of independent connections at pitch p , each connection occupying roughly of area, gives a first-order areal bandwidth density . where is the data rate carried by a single connection. The relationship is quadratic in pitch, not linear: halving the pitch alone — with no change to the per-connection data rate — quadruples the number of connections available in the same area, and therefore roughly quadruples aggregate bandwidth density. That is why the packaging industry has spent so much engineering effort on pitch…
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An exponent tells how a base is used in multiplication. In x³, x is the base and 3 is the exponent: x³ = x × x × x.
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Sources cited in the article section
- [6] Chiplets: Piecing Together the Next Generation of Chips (Part I) ↗
- [11] Architecture, Dataflow and Physical Design Implications of 3D-ICs for DNN-Accelerators ↗
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