Application Specific Multi-Chip-Modules

Between PCB and ASIC, the path to your own microelectronics solution

ASIC-like integration without the complexity and cost of a full ASIC. 

Many electronics manufacturers today are caught between extremes::

  • ASICs are powerful and compact - but development is expensive, lengthy, risky and inflexible.
  • PCBs are cheap, quickly developed and flexible - but too large, easy to replicate and offer no differentiation.
     

Application-specific MCMs with HDI interposers close precisely this gap:

  • More compact than PCB designs
  • More cost-efficient & faster in development than ASICs
  • Rebuild protection due to closed design and own IC chiplet
  • Technology mix possible (µC, FPGA, RF, analog, logic, sensors, memory)
  • Versatile due to modular design
  • In combination with customer-specific ASICs to strengthen your unique position and guarantee copy protection

Assets & competencies

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  • Combination of system and chip design expertise
  • Requirements-driven system design process
  • Strong network in the IC ecosystem supply chain, especially for small volumes

Comparison of development approaches for miniaturization:

Our offer

  • Investigation of the effort, performance and implementation options for an MCM
  • Partitioning of functions with regard to in-house development vs. off-the-shelf
  • Requirements analysis
  • System architecture development
  • Modeling and simulation of the system
  • Layout of HDI PCB or silicon interposer
  • Management of production and testing with external partners

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