[SI-LIST] Re: Pin/bump # of a chip

  • From: Ray Anderson <reanderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 07:10:54 -0700

lei luo wrote:

>Hi,
>I am trying to find out which chip has the largest pin/bump numbers so far. 
>Virtex4 FPGA has 960 signal I/Os(480pairs). Have you see any other chips 
>having larger pin/bump numbers? And how much signal I/Os do they have? I 
>imaging advanced ASIC chips will have more pins. 
>
>Pin/bump number is mainly constrained by packaging issue and routing density 
>of PCB. We are trying to find some other way to enable much higher "Pin" 
>density.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Lei Luo
>Research Assistant
>ECE @ NC State Univ.
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Some of the latest Sparc processors have about 2500 pins in a 1mm pitch 
package.
-Ray

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