... essential to involve testing houses in an SOC design project. As package technology advances, substrate design, pin-to-pad routing, thermal aware package design, layout-package co -design all ... also point out possible directions for future research Keywords: System-On-a-Chip, SOC Design Foundry, Multimedia SOC, Silicon Intellectual Property, Design for Manufacturability 1. INTRODUCTION ... Lin (ed.), Essential Issues in SOC Design, 7–17.© 2006 Springer.S .Y L .8 Lin, Chen and Lin to increase product value, and to reduce cost. On the other hand, semiconductor wafer foundry...