Three-Dimensional Integrated Circuit Design, 2nd Edition

Preface to the First Edition

Vasilis F. Pavlidis and Eby G. Friedman

The seminal source of this book is the lack of a unified treatment of the design of three-dimensional (3-D) integrated circuits despite the significant progress that has recently been achieved in this exciting new technology. Consequently, the intention of this material is to cohesively integrate and present research milestones from different, yet interdependent, aspects of 3-D integrated circuit design. The foremost goal of the book is to propose design methodologies for 3-D circuits; methodologies that will effectively exploit the flourishing manufacturing diversity existing in 3-D integration. While the focal point is design techniques and methodologies, the material ...