Abstract

Modern microelectronic engineering fabrication involves hundreds of processing steps beginning with design, simulation and modeling. Tremendous data is acquired, managed and processed. Bringing together Information Technology (IT) into a functional system for microelectronic engineering is not a trivial task. Seamless integration of hardware and software is necessary. For this purpose, knowledge of design and fabrication of microelectronic devices and circuits is extremely important along with knowledge of current IT systems. This thesis will explain a design methodology for building and using a computer cluster running software used in the production of microelectronic circuits. The cluster will run a Linux operating system to support software from Silvaco and Cadence. It will discuss the selection, installation, and verification of hardware and software based on defined goals. The system will be tested via numerous methods to show proper operation, focusing on TCAD software from Silvaco and custom IC design software from Cadence. To date, the system has been successfully tested and performs well. Since the target applications are doing simulations that are independent of each other, parallelization is very easy and user friendly. By simply adding more computers with more CPUs, the maximum number of people and processes that can be supported scales linearly. With a staged approach and the selection of the right software for the job, the integration of IT components to build a computer cluster for microelectronic applications can be completed successfully.

Library of Congress Subject Headings

Integrated circuits--Design and construction--Data processing; Microelectronics--Data processing; Computer organization; High performance computing

Publication Date

2009

Document Type

Thesis

Department, Program, or Center

Microelectronic Engineering (KGCOE)

Advisor

Kurinec, Santosh

Comments

Note: imported from RIT’s Digital Media Library running on DSpace to RIT Scholar Works. Physical copy available through RIT's The Wallace Library at: TK7874 .G78 2009

Campus

RIT – Main Campus

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