Andrew B. Kahng1, Sherief Reda2 and Qinke Wang1 1Univeristy of California, San Diego 2Brown University, Division of Engineering abk, qinke @cs.ucsd.edu, Sherief Reda @brown.edu Modern design requirements have brought additional complexities to netlists and layouts. Millions of components, whitespace resources, and fixed/movable blocks are just a few to mention in the list of complexities. With ...

Persistent CAD algorithms offer the potential to optimize power consumption for programmable chips post development and deployment. The basic idea is that algorithms continue to search for better design solutions and as better solutions are found, the design is deployed to programmable chips resulting in better performance. In this work, we further study a persistent placement algorithm for FPG...

Thispaper presents a new nonlinear controller design method for regional pole placement of uncertain discretetime systems. The constraint of control input saturation is considered in the design. A sufficient condition is derived for the robust stabilization and the desireddynamic performance represented by the settling time and damping ratio.The design is formulated in terms of linear matrix in...

Partitioning driven placement approaches are often preferred for fast and scalable solutions to large placement problems. However, due to the inaccuracy of representing wirelength objective by cut objective the quality of such placements often trails the quality of placements produced by pure wirelength driven placements. In this paper we present THETO, a new partitioning driven global placemen...

Hybrid cache architecture (HCA), which uses two or more cache hierarchy designs in a processor, may outperform traditional cache architectures because no single memory technology can deliver the optimal power, performance and density at the same time. The general HCA scheme has also been proposed to manage cache regions that have different usage patterns. However previous HCA management schemes...

A new gem corundum occurrence has been discovered in the Naryn-Gol Creek placer of Dzhida volcanic field (Russia). In this deposit, sapphire associates with large crystals garnet, spinel, augite, olivine, enstatite, ilmenite, Ti-magnetite, and alkali feldspar. Such a combination minerals is typical for deposits associated basalts widely distributed Southeastern Asia Australia. We have also foun...

¿Cuáles son los argumentos contrarios al uso del preservativo manejados por la población de 18 a 25 años residente en Granada? Para responder esta pregunta se diseñó una investigación cualitativa mediante grupos discusión. Fueron seis discusión realizados, ellos participaron treinta y nueve jóvenes, segmentados nivel estudios, género, orientación sexual duración su relación. Los objetivos artíc...