In this new technology era, circuit partitioning is a fundamental problem in very large-scale integration (VLSI) physical design automation. In this brief, we present a new interconnection oriented clustering algorithm for combinational VLSI circuit partitioning. The proposed clustering method focuses on capturing clusters in a circuit, i. e. , the groups of cells that are highly interconnected...

This paper presents a systematic methodology to develop statistical compact MOS models for advanced VLSI circuit simulation. Process variability in advanced CMOS technologies imposes a serious challenge for computer-aided VLSI circuit design. Therefore, statistical compact model has become indispensable for realistic assessment of the impact of random process variability on advanced VLSI circui...

VLSI Cell Partitioning plays a substantial part in VLSI physical design. The task of designing integrated circuits is multifaceted, as modern circuits have a very huge number of modules. It is very much essential to split the circuit into a smaller and meeker logic blocks. In order to build a complex digital integrated circuit, the multi million transistors must be sub-divided into convenientnu...

Industrial implementations of DSP systems today require extreme complexity. Examples are wireless systems satisfying standards like WLAN or 3GPP, video components, or multimedia players. At the same time, often harsh constraints like low-power requirements burden the designer even more. Conventional methods for ASIC design are not sufficient any more to guarantee a fast conversion from initial ...

Active Documentation for VLSI Design

Search in a complex design space (e.g. in VLSI design) is only feasible when it is factored into smaller ones. A common and useful factoring is the hierarchy of abstraction. Such problems are then attacked by linking together stochastic search programs. At each point in the design process it is necessary to choose whether to continue looking for a better design at the current level, or working ...

Significant potential exists for engineering design research to produce viable approaches to automatic compilation of mechanical systems. In a recent article in a prior issue of this journal [9], Dr. Whitney articulated his view of why the design of mechanical systems is not now, and will not be, similar to the design of VLSI systems. An alternative view suggests that his conclusions are overly...

Educators continue to face pressure from students and industry to employ the newest technology in the classroom. With regard to VLSI design and the role of CAD tools, a balance must be struck between fundamentals and training to a particular software package. This paper describes a semester project, suitable for an undergraduate VLSI course, which emphasized the design process, rather than indi...

This report describes work performed on the Restructurable VLSI Program sponsored by the Information Processing Techniques Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency during the period 1 October 1984 through 31 March 1985.

Search in a complex design space (e.g. in VLSI design) is only feasible when it is factored into smaller ones. A common and useful factoring is the hierarchy of abstraction. Such problems are then attacked by linking together stochastic search programs. At each point in the design process it is necessary to choose whether to continue looking for a better design at the current level, or working ...