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ASPDAC
2007
ACM
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13 years 7 months ago
Fast Placement Optimization of Power Supply Pads
Power grid networks in VLSI circuits are required to provide adequate input supply to ensure reliable performance. In this paper, we propose algorithms to find the placement of pow...
Yu Zhong, Martin D. F. Wong
DAC
1998
ACM
13 years 7 months ago
Design and Analysis of Power Distribution Networks in PowerPC Microprocessors
We present a methodology for the design and analysis of power grids in the PowerPC™ microprocessors. The methodology covers the need for power grid analysis across all stages of...
Abhijit Dharchoudhury, Rajendran Panda, David Blaa...
DAC
2000
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Fast power grid simulation
The decrease in feature size and added chip functionality in large sub-micron integrated circuits demand larger grids for power distribution. Since power grids are performance lim...
Sani R. Nassif, Joseph N. Kozhaya
WEBI
2004
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Incentive-Compatible Social Choice
Many situations present a social choice problem where different self-interested agents have to agree on joint, coordinated decisions. For example, power companies have to agree o...
Boi Faltings
ISPD
2004
ACM
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13 years 9 months ago
Early-stage power grid analysis for uncertain working modes
High performance integrated circuits are now reaching the 100-plus watt regime, and power delivery and power grid signal integrity have become critical. Analyzing the performance ...
Haifeng Qian, Sani R. Nassif, Sachin S. Sapatnekar
ISPD
2004
ACM
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13 years 9 months ago
Topology optimization of structured power/ground networks
This paper presents an efficient method for optimizing the design of power/ground (P/G) networks by using locally regular, globally irregular grids. The procedure divides the pow...
Jaskirat Singh, Sachin S. Sapatnekar
ISPD
2005
ACM
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13 years 9 months ago
A fast algorithm for power grid design
This paper presents an efficient heuristic algorithm to design a power distribution network of a chip by employing a successive partitioning and grid refinement scheme. In an it...
Jaskirat Singh, Sachin S. Sapatnekar
DATE
2005
IEEE
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13 years 9 months ago
Stochastic Power Grid Analysis Considering Process Variations
In this paper, we investigate the impact of interconnect and device process variations on voltage fluctuations in power grids. We consider random variations in the power grid’s...
Praveen Ghanta, Sarma B. K. Vrudhula, Rajendran Pa...
ISQED
2006
IEEE
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13 years 9 months ago
An Improved AMG-based Method for Fast Power Grid Analysis
The continuing VLSI technology scaling leads to increasingly significant power supply fluctuations, which need to be modeled accurately in circuit design and verification. Meanwhi...
Cheng Zhuo, Jiang Hu, Kangsheng Chen
DATE
2006
IEEE
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13 years 9 months ago
Analysis and modeling of power grid transmission lines
Power distribution and signal transmission are becoming key limiters for chip performance in nanometer era. These issues can be simultaneously addressed by designing transmission ...
J. Balachandran, Steven Brebels, G. Carchon, T. We...