Performance Aspects of Gate Matrix Layout - VLSI Design, 1993. Proceedings. The Sixth International Conference on

Performance Aspects of Gate Matrix Layout

This paper introduces performance aspects as a new optimization criteria when generating Gate Matrix Layouts. A new layout model is presented that limits the amount o f parasitic capacitance in signal paths and the resistance in power supply lines. The performance considerations are combined with a new layout s-trate g y that improves circuit performance with little or no area penalty. A n Auto...

Development of a large word-width high-speed asynchronous multiply and accumulate unit

This paper details the design of the fastest known asynchronous Multiply and Accumulate unit (MAC) architecture published to date. The MAC architecture herein is based on the MAC developed in Smith et al. (J. Syst. Archit. 47/12 (2002) 977–998). However, the MAC developed in Smith et al. (2002) contains conditional rounding, scaling, and saturation (CRSS) logic, not present in other comparable ...

Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Science and Social Research (CSSR)(Malaysia)

Self-organisation and its application to binding - VLSI Design, 1993. Proceedings. The Sixth International Conference on

This paper presents Kohonen’s self-organisation algorithm as an optimisation tool. Its application is illustrated by applying it to a high-level synthesis(HLS) problem binding: the task of assigning operations to specijic instances of functional units. It is a crucial problem, as it injluences the interconnect, wiring and register cost. This Self-Organising Binder (SOB) has a built-in hillclimb...

Population Studies for the Gate Matrix Layout Problem

This paper deals with a Very Large Scale Integrated (VLSI) design problem that belongs to the NP-hard class. The Gate Matrix Layout problem has strong applications on the chip-manufacturing industry. A Memetic Algorithm is employed to solve a set of benchmark instances, present in previous works in the literature. Beyond the results found for these instances, another goal of this paper is to st...