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DAC
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Clock buffer and wire sizing using sequential programming
This paper investigates methods for clock skew minimization using buffer and wire sizing. First, a technique that significantly improves solution quality and stability of sequent...
Matthew R. Guthaus, Dennis Sylvester, Richard B. B...
ISLPED
2005
ACM
85views Hardware» more  ISLPED 2005»
13 years 11 months ago
Low-power fanout optimization using multiple threshold voltage inverters
This paper addresses the problem of low-power fanout optimization with multiple threshold voltage inverters. Introducing splitting and merging conversions that preserve delay, pow...
Behnam Amelifard, Farzan Fallah, Massoud Pedram
ASPDAC
2010
ACM
161views Hardware» more  ASPDAC 2010»
13 years 3 months ago
A dual-MST approach for clock network synthesis
Abstract--In nanometer-scale VLSI physical design, clock network becomes a major concern on determining the total performance of digital circuit. Clock skew and PVT (Process, Volta...
Jingwei Lu, Wing-Kai Chow, Chiu-Wing Sham, Evangel...
ISQED
2007
IEEE
97views Hardware» more  ISQED 2007»
14 years 1 days ago
Probabilistic Congestion Prediction with Partial Blockages
— Fast and accurate routing congestion estimation is essential for optimizations such as floorplanning, placement, buffering, and physical synthesis that need to avoid routing c...
Zhuo Li, Charles J. Alpert, Stephen T. Quay, Sachi...
DSD
2007
IEEE
160views Hardware» more  DSD 2007»
14 years 3 days ago
Alternatives in Designing Level-Restoring Buffers for Interconnection Networks in Field-Programmable Gate Arrays
Programmable routing and logic in field-programmable gate arrays are implemented using nMOS pass transistors. Since the threshold voltage drop across an nMOS device degrades the ...
Scott Miller, Mihai Sima, Michael McGuire