In the digital VLSI cycle, logic transformations are often required to modify the design to meet different synthesis and optimization goals. Logic transformations on sequential ci...
Yu-Shen Yang, Subarna Sinha, Andreas G. Veneris, R...
Functional verification is widely acknowledged as a major bottleneck in microprocessor design. While early work on specification driven functional test program generation has prop...
As we move towards nanometer technology, manufacturing problems become overwhelmingly difficult to solve. Presently, optimization for manufacturability is performed at a post-synt...
Alessandra Nardi, Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentel...
Many high-end DSP processors employ both multiple memory banks and heterogeneous register files to improve performance and power consumption. The complexity of such architectures ...
The optimization of integrated spiral inductors has great practical importance. Previous optimization methods used in this field are either too slow or depend on very simplified a...