Cost Simulations to Enable PPAC Aware Technology Development

industry standard practice for new technology definition by Power, Performance and Area (PPA) is evolving to add Cost (PPAC). The addition of cost will drive the need for new TCAD tools that can simulate cost as well as the structures and performance resulting from a process. In this paper the requirements for accurate process cost modeling will be presented along with the description of a commercial PPAC capable TCAD tool implementation.