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1998
ACM
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1998
ACM
—The greedy wire-sizing algorithm (GWSA) has been experimentally shown to be very efficient, but no mathematical analysis on its convergence rate has ever been reported. In this...
ISPD
1998
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
1998
ACM
ISPD
1998
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
1998
ACM
It is shown that the oorplan area minimization problem can be formulated as a convex programming problem with the numbers of variables and constraints signi cantly less than those...
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1998
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
1998
ACM
ISPD
1998
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
1998
ACM
In this paper, we present a new analytical approach for computing the ramp response of an RLC interconnect line with a pure capacitive load. The approach is based on the two-port ...
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1998
ACM
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1998
ACM
This paper describes an important new facility for timing-driven design applications within the new CHDStd standard for a SEMATECH design system for large complex chips. We first ...
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1998
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
1998
ACM
Wirelength estimation in VLSI layout is fundamental to any pre-detailed routing estimate of timing or routability. In this paper, we develop e cient wirelength estimation techniqu...
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1998
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
1998
ACM
In this paper, we formulate a new class of optimization problem, named the general CH-posynomial program, and reveal the general dominance property. We propose an efcient algorith...
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1998
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
1998
ACM
In this paper we present an input pattern independent method to compute the maximum current envelope, which is an upper bound over all possible current waveforms drawn by a circui...
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1998
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
1998
ACM
From 1985-1993, the MCNC regularly introduced and maintained circuit benchmarks for use by the Design Automation community. However, during the last five years, no new circuits h...