Sciweavers

11 search results - page 2 / 3
» Recurrence Equations and the Optimization of Synchronous Log...
Sort
View
ICCAD
1997
IEEE
99views Hardware» more  ICCAD 1997»
13 years 11 months ago
High-level area and power estimation for VLSI circuits
High-level power estimation, when given only a high-level design specification such as a functional or RTL description, requires high-level estimation of the circuit average acti...
Mahadevamurty Nemani, Farid N. Najm
FDL
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Towards Assertion Based Verification of Analog and Mixed Signal Designs Using PSL
Abstract-- Analog and Mixed Signal (AMS) designs are important integrated systems that link digital circuits to the analog world. Following the success of PSL verification methodol...
Ghiath Al Sammane, Mohamed H. Zaki, Zhi Jie Dong, ...
DATE
2009
IEEE
163views Hardware» more  DATE 2009»
14 years 2 months ago
Fixed points for multi-cycle path detection
—Accurate timing analysis is crucial for obtaining the optimal clock frequency, and for other design stages such as power analysis. Most methods for estimating propagation delay ...
Vijay D'Silva, Daniel Kroening
DAC
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Clock skew optimization via wiresizing for timing sign-off covering all process corners
Manufacturing process variability impacts the performance of synchronous logic circuits by means of its effect on both clock network and functional block delays. Typically, varia...
Sari Onaissi, Khaled R. Heloue, Farid N. Najm
ICCAD
2006
IEEE
111views Hardware» more  ICCAD 2006»
14 years 4 months ago
State re-encoding for peak current minimization
In a synchronous finite state machine (FSM), huge current peaks are often observed at the moment of state transition. Previous low power state encoding algorithms focus on the red...
Shih-Hsu Huang, Chia-Ming Chang, Yow-Tyng Nieh