The development of austriamicrosystems’ 2nd generation multimedia platform with its derivative products will be
discussed in this work. The advantages of the System-in-a-Package (SiP) solution over a System-on-Chip
solution will be explained in detail. Performance critical IP-blocks were developed by the design team. Other IPblocks
from different vendors were used to speed-up the development time and to reduce the costs of such a
complex development. The criteria for selection and purchasing are investigated and several problems with the
integration of some IP-blocks will be discussed. Many different CAD tools are used for the development, but there
are still development tasks, especially in the area of hardware/software co-design and in the design of SiP, which
cannot be handled well with commercially available tools. A close co-operation between the hardware team and
the software team was required to achieve the optimal performance of the products. In addition, design-for-test
and design-for-manufacturability was considered early in the development cycle to finally produce a product with
stable and high yield and short production test time.
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