We empirically assess the implications of fixed terminals for hypergraph partitioning heuristics. Our experimental testbed incorporates a leading-edge multilevel hypergraph partit...
Andrew E. Caldwell, Andrew B. Kahng, Igor L. Marko...
We propose a new VLSI layout methodology which addresses the main problems faced in Deep Sub-Micron (DSM) integrated circuit design. Our layout "fabric" scheme eliminate...
Sunil P. Khatri, Amit Mehrotra, Robert K. Brayton,...
At-speed testing of GHz processors using external testers may not be technically and economically feasible. Hence, there is an emerging need for low-cost, high-quality self-test m...
Li Chen, Sujit Dey, Pablo Sanchez, Krishna Sekar, ...
eously demand shorter and less costly design cycles. Designing at higher levels of abstraction makes both objectives achievable, but enabling techniques like behavioral synthesis h...
Recently, intellectual property protection (IPP) techniques attracted a great deal of attention from semiconductor, system integration and software companies. A number of watermar...