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DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
How accurately can we model timing in a placement engine?
This paper presents a novel placement algorithm for timing optimization based on a new and powerful concept, which we term differential timing analysis. Recognizing that accurate ...
Amit Chowdhary, Karthik Rajagopal, Satish Venkates...
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
A pattern matching coprocessor for network security
Young H. Cho, William H. Mangione-Smith
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Closing the power gap between ASIC and custom: an ASIC perspective
We investigate differences in power between application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and custom integrated circuits, with examples from 0.6um to 0.13um CMOS. A variety of ...
David G. Chinnery, Kurt Keutzer
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Design methodology for wireless nodes with printed antennas
Jean-Samuel Chenard, Chun Yiu Chu, Zeljko Zilic, M...
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Parameterized block-based statistical timing analysis with non-gaussian parameters, nonlinear delay functions
Variability of process parameters makes prediction of digital circuit timing characteristics an important and challenging problem in modern chip design. Recently, statistical stat...
Hongliang Chang, Vladimir Zolotov, Sambasivan Nara...
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Mapping statistical process variations toward circuit performance variability: an analytical modeling approach
A physical yet compact gate delay model is developed integrating short-channel effects and the Alpha-power law based timing model. This analytical approach accurately predicts bot...
Yu Cao, Lawrence T. Clark
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Faster and better global placement by a new transportation algorithm
We present BonnPlace, a new VLSI placement algorithm that combines the advantages of analytical and partitioning-based placers. Based on (non-disjoint) placements minimizing the t...
Ulrich Brenner, Markus Struzyna
DAC
2005
ACM
13 years 6 months ago
Template-driven parasitic-aware optimization of analog integrated circuit layouts
Layout parasitics have great impact on analog circuit performance. This paper presents an algorithm for explicit parasitic control during layout retargeting of analog integrated c...
Sambuddha Bhattacharya, Nuttorn Jangkrajarng, C.-J...