Binding audiovisual content into multimedia applications requires the specification of each media item, including its size and position, to define a screen layout. The application author must plan application’s layout (ASL), considering variety sizes where shall be executed. An ASL that maximizes area occupied by items on is essential, given space valuable asset for broadcasters. In this paper,...

This paper experimentally investigates the effectiveness of regularly-placed bit-slice layout and transistor-level optimization to datapath circuit performance. We focus on cell-base design flows with transistorlevel circuit optimization. We examine the effectiveness through design experiments of 32-bit carry select adder and 16-bit tree-style multiplier in a 0.35μm technology. From the experim...

Numerical layout optimization provides a computationally efficient and generally applicable means of identifying the optimal arrangement of bars in a truss. When the plastic layout optimization formulation is used, a wide variety of problem types can be solved using linear programming. However, the solutions obtained are frequently quite complex, particularly when fine numerical discretizations...

In this paper an effort is made to present a state-of-the-art review of meta-heuristic approaches in solving facility layout problems. Facility layout directly affects the productivity of the industries so it is very important to solve it carefully. There are many approaches, methods and techniques to solve and optimize the layout problem. The current and future trends involving design objectiv...

This paper describes and evaluates the profile-based optimizations in the Compaq C compiler tool chain for Alpha. The optimizations include superblock formation, inlining, commando loop optimization, register allocation, code layout, and switch statement optimization. The optimizations either are extensions of classical optimizations or are restructuring transformations that enable classical op...