DATE
2002
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
2002
IEEE
In this paper we propose a new compression algorithm geared to reduce the time needed to test scan-based designs. Our scheme compresses the test vector set by encoding the bits th...
ASPDAC
2004
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
2004
ACM
— We examine an abstract formulation of BIST diagnosis in digital logic systems. The BIST diagnosis problem has applications that include identification of erroneous test vector...
ISPD
2005
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
2005
ACM
We streamline and extend APlace, the general analytic placement engine based on ideas of Naylor et al. [7] and described in [3, 4, 5]. Previous work explored the adaptability of A...
ISPD
2005
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
2005
ACM
In this paper we introduce the concept of zero-change transformations to quantify the suboptimality of existing placers. Given a netlist and its placement from a placer, we formal...
ISPD
2005
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
2005
ACM
Placement is a critical component of today's physical synthesis flow with tremendous impact on the final performance of VLSI designs. However, it accounts for a significant p...