Patent ID: 8598631

Claim:
A semiconductor integrated circuit chip mounted on a substrate by flip chip bonding, comprising: a plurality of electrode pads arranged on a surface of the semiconductor integrated circuit chip; a corner portion of a flat periphery of an inner layer of the semiconductor integrated circuit chip; a first linear region adjoining one side of the corner portion; a second linear region adjoining another side of the corner portion; a third linear region adjoining a side of the first linear region opposite to the side adjoining the corner portion; and a fourth linear region adjoining a side of the second linear region opposite to the side adjoining the corner portion, wherein a circuit core placeable region is provided in at least part of the corner portion, the first linear region, and the second linear region, a plurality of IO cells respectively connected to the plurality of electrode pads are arranged in the third linear region and the fourth linear region, the plurality of IO cells are respectively connected to the plurality of electrode pads arranged inwardly in n rows×n columns (n is an integer equal to or more than 3) from a corner of the semiconductor integrated circuit chip located above the corner portion, and at least one electrode pad out of the plurality of electrode pads in n rows×n columns is connected directly to a circuit core placed in the circuit core placeable region.