TCAD
2002
14 years 5 days ago
2002
Interconnect optimization for VLSI circuits has received wide attention. To model routing surfaces, multiple circuit layers are freabstracted as a single rectilinear plane, ignori...
TCAD
2002
14 years 5 days ago
2002
Abstract--Composite microsystems that integrate mechanical and fluidic components with electronics are emerging as the next generation of system-on-a-chip. Custom microsystems are ...
TCAD
2002
14 years 5 days ago
2002
A test pattern generator (TPG) for built-in self-test (BIST), which can reduce switching activity during test application, is proposed. The proposed TPG, called dual-speed LFSR (DS...
TCAD
2002
14 years 5 days ago
2002
Abstract--Recent study shows that the nonuniform thermal distribution not only has an impact on the substrate but also interconnects. Hence, three
TCAD
2002
14 years 5 days ago
2002
TCAD
2002
14 years 5 days ago
2002
This paper introduces the concept of hierarchical cellular automata (HCA). The theory of HCA is developed over the Galois extension field (2 ), where each cell of the CA can store ...
TCAD
2002
14 years 5 days ago
2002
TCAD
2002
14 years 5 days ago
2002
Abstract--This paper presents a solution to the problem of performance-driven buffered routing tree generation for VLSI circuits. Using a novel bottom-up construction algorithm and...
TCAD
2002
14 years 5 days ago
2002
In this paper, an instruction-level energy model is proposed for the data-path of very long instruction word (VLIW) pipelined processors that can be used to provide accurate power ...