A signature based approach to regularity extraction

Regularity extraction is an important step in the design ow of datapath-dominated circuits. This paper outlines a new method that automatically extracts regular structures from the netlist. The method is general enough to handle two types of designs: designs with structured cluster information for a portion of the datapath components that are identi ed at the HDL level; and designs with no such structured cluster information. The method analyzes the circuit connectivity and uses signature based approaches to recognize regularity.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: ICCAD
• Authors: Srinivasa Rao Arikati, Ravi Varadarajan
• Keywords: Design Ow, Hardware, ICCAD 1997, Regularity Extraction, Structured Cluster Information