This paper presents a diagonal routing method which is applied to an actual microprocessor prototype chip. While including the layout functions for the conventional Manhattan rout...
- This paper reports on a highly effective methodology to construct complex high performance microprocessors. Critical aspects of the methodology include an integrated database for...
A. Bertolet, K. Carpenter, Keith M. Carrig, Albert...
In this paper, we propose a new linear programming based timing driven placement framework for high performance designs. Our LP framework is mainly net-based, but it takes advanta...
Interconnect power is dynamic power dissipation due to switching of interconnection capacitances. This paper describes the characterization of interconnect power in a state-of-the...
Nir Magen, Avinoam Kolodny, Uri C. Weiser, Nachum ...
Today's high-performance single-chip CMOS microprocessors are the most complex and challenging chip designs ever implemented. To stay on the leading edge, Digital's micro...