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2000
IEEE
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A New Partitioning Method for Parallel Simulation of VLSI Circuits on Transistor Level
Simulation is still one of the most important subtasks when designing a VLSI circuit. However, more and more elements on a chip increase simulation runtimes. Especially on transis...
Norbert Fröhlich, Volker Gloeckel, Josef Flei...
DATE
2000
IEEE
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A VHDL Error Simulator for Functional Test Generation
This paper describes an efficient error simulator able to analyze functional VHDL descriptions. The proposed simulation environment can be based on commercial VHDL simulators. Al...
Alessandro Fin, Franco Fummi
DATE
2000
IEEE
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An Object Oriented Design Method for Reconfigurable Computing Systems
We present a novel method for developing reconfigurable systems targeted at embedded system applications. We show how an existing object oriented design method (MOOSE) has been ad...
Martyn Edwards, Peter Green
DATE
2000
IEEE
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Transformational Placement and Synthesis
Novel methodology and algorithms to seamlessly integrate logic synthesis and physical placement through a transformational approach are presented. Contrary to most placement algor...
Wilm E. Donath, Prabhakar Kudva, Leon Stok, Paul V...
DATE
2000
IEEE
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Layout-Oriented Synthesis of High Performance Analog Circuits
This paper presents a methodology towards synthesis of high performance analog circuits. Layout parasitics are estimated and compensated during circuit sizing. Physical layout con...
Mohamed Dessouky, Marie-Minerve Louërat, Jack...
DATE
2000
IEEE
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Stochastic Modeling and Performance Evaluation for Digital Clock and Data Recovery Circuits
Clock and data recovery circuits are essential components in communication systems. They directly influence the bit-error-rate performance of communication links. It is desirable...
Alper Demir, Peter Feldmann
DATE
2000
IEEE
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Virtual Fault Simulation of Distributed IP-Based Designs
Marcello Dalpasso, Alessandro Bogliolo, Luca Benin...
DATE
2000
IEEE
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Automatic Test Bench Generation for Validation of RT-Level Descriptions: An Industrial Experience
In current microprocessors and systems, an increasingly high silicon portion is derived through automatic synthesis, with designers working exclusively at the RT-level, and design...
Fulvio Corno, Matteo Sonza Reorda, Giovanni Squill...
DATE
2000
IEEE
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Clocktree RLC Extraction with Efficient Inductance Modeling
In this paper, we present an efficient yet accurate inductance extraction methodology and also apply it to clocktree RLC extraction. We first show that without loss of accuracy, t...
Norman Chang, Shen Lin, O. Sam Nakagawa, Weize Xie...