DATE
2002
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
2002
IEEE
In this paper we propose a new compression algorithm geared to reduce the time needed to test scan-based designs. Our scheme compresses the test vector set by encoding the bits th...
ASPDAC
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
2004
ACM
— We examine an abstract formulation of BIST diagnosis in digital logic systems. The BIST diagnosis problem has applications that include identification of erroneous test vector...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2005
ACM
We streamline and extend APlace, the general analytic placement engine based on ideas of Naylor et al. [7] and described in [3, 4, 5]. Previous work explored the adaptability of A...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2005
ACM
In this paper we introduce the concept of zero-change transformations to quantify the suboptimality of existing placers. Given a netlist and its placement from a placer, we formal...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2005
ACM
Placement is a critical component of today's physical synthesis flow with tremendous impact on the final performance of VLSI designs. However, it accounts for a significant p...