A novel and very simple correct-by-construction top-down methodology for high-utilization mixed-size placement is presented. The PolarBear algorithm combines recursive cutsize-dri...
This paper discusses the use of networks-on-chip (NoCs) consisting of multiple voltage-frequency islands to cope with power consumption, clock distribution and parameter variation...
Starting at the 65-nm node, stress engineering to improve the performance of transistors has been a major industry focus. An intrinsic stress source--shallow trench isolation (STI)...
Andrew B. Kahng, Puneet Sharma, Rasit Onur Topalog...
This paper studies multi-core clock distribution using active deskewing methods. We propose an efficient methodology that uses Verilog-A to model PLLs, clock trees and power suppl...
In Deep Sub-Micron (DSM) designs, performance will depend critically on the latency of long wires. We propose a new synthesis methodology for synchronous systems that makes the de...
Luca P. Carloni, Kenneth L. McMillan, Alexander Sa...