Automating Semiconductor Package Thermal Characterization and Design Web Seminar

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Overview

FloTHERM IC is a new web-based tool from Mentor Graphics that incorporates a high level of automation for key tasks related to semiconductor thermal characterization and design.

The typical semiconductor thermal group spends 60% of engineering time on characterization and 40% on customer-specific applications. FloTHERM IC has been proven to reduce time spent on these two activities by 50% and 10%, respectively.

FloTHERM IC was designed by thermal experts specifically with the needs of the semiconductor designer in mind. With no additional software required, semiconductors can be designed "on the fly" without sacrificing package design. Designers can explore what-ifs on high-level package features through their impact on Theta metrics.

What You Will Learn

The following topics will be covered during this web seminar:

  • Integrate all characterization activities under one hood
  • Allow for rapid package-aware what-ifs
  • Allow mining of previous simulations data to optimize starting point of new design
  • Link closely with industry EDA tools
  • Keep pace with the evolving market of semiconductor packaging

About the Presenter

Presenter Image Ian Clark

I am by qualification a Meterorologist (lapsed though – so please don’t ask for a weather forecast!) and have been heavily involved in CFD and electronics cooling since the mid 1980’s. Firstly at CHAM and CHAM NA as a consultant, support engineer and US customer services manager, a slight detour assisting in the development of a CFD team at Mott MacDonald and back into electronics cooling after joining Flomerics in 1991. I have progressed from consultancy work, training, managing customer services in the USA and the UK – and even sales for two years in Silicon Valley – to my current role as a Product Marketing Manager in the Mechanical Analysis Division. For the last 10 years, I have been heavily involved with onward development of the FloTHERM product and in the last few years have also taken on responsibility for our FloVENT product line in the HVAC markets. My current responsibilities are primarily focussed on looking after our future generation product developments for electronics cooling, encompassing the best of FloTHERM and FloEFD.

Who Should Attend

  • Existing FloTHERM and MicReD Users
  • Semiconductor Designers and Engineers
  • Package Designers and Engineers
  • Thermal Designers and Engineers

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Technical Requirements

What do I need to watch and hear this web seminar?

Mentor Graphics’ web seminars are delivered using Adobe Connect. To watch the seminar all you need to have installed is the Adobe Flash Player, version 8 or later on Windows, Macintosh, Linux, and Solaris. The Flash Player is already installed on over 98% of internet connected computers worldwide so you will not have to install any software prior to attending the meeting. You will be able to login to the seminar room 15 minutes prior to the start time on the day of the presentation. You can hear the audio using your computer’s speakers via VoIP (Voice over IP) and background music will play prior to the beginning of the presentation.

Detailed system requirements

Microsoft® Windows Vista® Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Business, or Enterprise (32-bit edition)

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 or later
  • Mozilla Firefox 2
  • Adobe Flash® Player 8 or later

Microsoft Windows® XP Professional or Home Edition with Service Pack 2

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, 7
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.x, 2.x
  • Mozilla 1.x or later
  • Netscape 7.x
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.x
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.x, 2.x
  • Mozilla 1.x
  • Netscape 8
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Windows hardware requirements

  • Intel® Pentium® II 450MHz or faster processor or equivalent (1GHz recommended when screen sharing)
  • 128MB of RAM

Mac OS X v10.4, 10.5 (Intel)

  • Firefox 1.5.0.3, 2.x
  • Safari 2.x
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Mac OS X v10.4 (PowerPC®)

  • Safari 1.x, 2.x
  • Firefox 1.x
  • Mozilla 1.x
  • Netscape 7.x or later
  • Adobe Flash Player 8 or later

Mac OS hardware requirements

  • PowerPC G3 500MHz or faster or Intel Core™ Duo 1.83GHz or faster processor
  • 128MB of RAM

Linux:

  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (REHL) 3 update 8; RHEL 4 update 4 (AS/ES/WS); Novell SUSE® 9.x or 10.1
  • Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.7, 2.x
  • Mozilla 1.7.x
  • SeaMonkey 1.0.5
  • Processor: Modern processor 800MHz or faster (1GHz recommended)
  • Memory: 512MB of RAM; 128MB of graphics memory
  • Adobe Flash Player 9 or later

Solaris™

  • Mozilla 1.7
  • Adobe Flash Player 9 or later

Additional requirements

  • Minimum bandwidth 56Kbps

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