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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard C Blish, II, Saratoga, CA (US);
Colin Hatchard, Campbell, CA (US);
David Edward Lewis, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361767 ; 361764 ; 361782 ; 361803 ; 257723 ; 257724 ; 257784 ; 365 51 ; 365 63 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a microprocessor, the microprocessor having a substrate with a first and a second side, the first and second sides being on opposite sides of the substrate. The microprocessor includes decoupling capacitors on the first side of the substrate; cache circuitry on the first side of the substrate; logic circuitry on the second side of the substrate; and a signal carrying means including a carrier substrate and wire bonds for carrying signals between the logic and cache circuitry.