• DocumentCode
    1245388
  • Title

    Transistor-level optimization of digital designs with flex cells

  • Author

    Roy, Rob ; Bhattacharya, Debashis ; Boppana, Vamsi

  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    53
  • Lastpage
    61
  • Abstract
    The flex-cell approach, either alone or in combination with standard cells, provides an optimally tuned set of building blocks for integrated circuit design when optimality is measured using accepted and quantifiably definable metrics such as clock speed, die size, and power consumption.
  • Keywords
    SPICE; application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; circuit optimisation; digital integrated circuits; integrated circuit design; minimisation; transistor circuits; clock speed; digital circuits; flex-cell approach; integrated circuit design; power consumption; transistor-level optimization; Character generation; Clocks; Constraint optimization; Delay estimation; Design optimization; Digital circuits; Information analysis; Integrated circuit synthesis; Software libraries; Timing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2005.74
  • Filename
    1401774