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DAC
1996
ACM
15 years 1 months ago
Post-Layout Optimization for Deep Submicron Design
To reduce the number of synthesis and layout iterations, we present a new delay optimization technique, which inserts buers based on back-annotated detailed routing information. D...
Koichi Sato, Masamichi Kawarabayashi, Hideyuki Emu...
TVLSI
2002
144views more  TVLSI 2002»
14 years 9 months ago
On-chip inductance cons and pros
Abstract--This paper provides a high level survey of the increasing effects of on-chip inductance. These effects are classified into desirable and nondesirable effects. Among the u...
Yehea I. Ismail
ISQED
2002
IEEE
126views Hardware» more  ISQED 2002»
15 years 2 months ago
Formulae for Performance Optimization and Their Applications to Interconnect-Driven Floorplanning
As the process technology advances into the deep submicron era, interconnect plays a dominant role in determining circuit performance. Buffer insertion/sizing and wire sizing are ...
Nicholas Chia-Yuan Chang, Yao-Wen Chang, Iris Hui-...
VLSID
2002
IEEE
136views VLSI» more  VLSID 2002»
15 years 10 months ago
Buffered Routing Tree Construction under Buffer Placement Blockages
Interconnect delay has become a critical factor in determining the performance of integrated circuits. Routing and buffering are powerful means of improving the circuit speed and ...
Wei Chen, Massoud Pedram, Premal Buch
VLSID
1999
IEEE
100views VLSI» more  VLSID 1999»
15 years 1 months ago
Improved Effective Capacitance Computations for Use in Logic and Layout Optimization
We describe an improved iterationless approach for computing the effective capacitance of an interconnect load at a driving gate output. The speed and accuracy of our approach mak...
Andrew B. Kahng, Sudhakar Muddu