Title :
Using feedback to improve VLSI designs
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Lafayette Coll., Easton, PA, USA
Abstract :
A new design optimization technique, called Constrained-Redo, uses feedback from solutions analysis to improve both the power and coverage of an existing VLSI design automation system, the DAA system. Constrained-Redo uses information from critiques of an existing solution to guide the design system to generate a new, different, and hopefully better solution. This technique is part of the feedback-directed optimization framework. The extended system has been tested on several standard microprocessor designs and has improved many of the solutions that DAA has generated
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit CAD; circuit optimisation; feedback; Constrained-Redo; DAA system; VLSI design automation system; design optimization technique; design system coverage; design system power; existing solution critiques; feedback-directed optimization framework; microprocessor designs; solutions analysis; Design automation; Design optimization; Digital filters; Educational institutions; Feedback; Hardware; High level synthesis; Microprocessors; Registers; Very large scale integration;
Journal_Title :
IEEE Expert
