TCAD
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
In this paper, we propose the first metal-density driven placement algorithm to reduce CMP variation and achieve higher routability. Based on an analytical placement framework, we...
TCAD
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
Abstract--The fabrication of crossbar memories with sublithographic features is expected to be feasible within several emerging technologies; in all of them, the nanowire (NW) deco...
TCAD
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
Given a set of pins and a set of obstacles on routing layers, a multilayer obstacle-avoiding rectilinear Steiner minimal tree (ML-OARSMT) connects these pins by rectilinear edges w...
TCAD
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
Recently, the microprocessor industry is headed in the direction of multicore designs in order to continue the chip performance growth. We investigate buffer insertion, which is a ...
TCAD
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
New fusion memory devices consisting of multiple heterogeneous memory components in a single die or package offer efficient ways to optimize embedded systems in terms of energy, pe...
TCAD
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
Abstract--Designers and high-level synthesis tools can introduce unwanted cycles in digital circuits, and for certain combinational functions, cyclic circuits that are stable and d...
TCAD
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
Boolean matching is one of the enabling techniques for technology mapping and logic resynthesis of Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA). SAT-based Boolean matching (SAT-BM) has bee...
TCAD
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
Abstract--Design of a suitable power gating (e.g., multithreshold CMOS or super cutoff CMOS) structure is an important and challenging task in sub-90nm VLSI circuits where leakage ...
TCAD
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
Power consumption has emerged as the premier and most constraining aspect in modern microprocessor and application-specific designs. Gate sizing has been shown to be one of the mos...
TCAD
2008
14 years 2 months ago
2008
Three-dimensional integration has the potential to improve the communication latency and integration density of chip-level multiprocessors (CMPs). However, the stacked highpower de...