A semiconductor device comprises an IC chip body and a package substrate
that has thereon many external electrodes arranged in a two-dimensional
grid configuration. Groups of signal lines that are likely to emit noise
(noisy signal lines) are separated and spaced apart from groups of signal
lines that are susceptible to noise (noise susceptible signal lines).
Each of the noisy signal lines and noise susceptible signal lines is
connected to an associated member of an associated IC pad group separated
and spaced apart from other IC pad groups. Further, each of the noisy
signal lines and noise susceptible signal lines is connected to an
associated member of an associated external electrode group selected from
the multiplicity of external electrodes arranged in a two-dimensional
grid configuration on the package substrate. Thus, groups of potentially
interfering signal lines are mutually separated and spaced apart from one
another, thereby suppressing the noise.