• DocumentCode
    1668694
  • Title

    A VLSI analog computer/math co-processor for a digital computer

  • Author

    Cowan, Glenn E R ; Melville, Robert C. ; Tsividis, Yannis P.

  • Author_Institution
    Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • Firstpage
    82
  • Abstract
    A single-chip VLSI analog computer having 80 integrators and 336 other programmable linear and nonlinear circuits is fabricated in a 0.25 μm CMOS process. The chip can be used to accelerate a digital computer´s numerical routines. The IC is 1 cm2 and consumes 300 mW.
  • Keywords
    CMOS analogue integrated circuits; VLSI; analogue computer circuits; coprocessors; integrating circuits; programmable circuits; 0.25 micron; 300 mW; CMOS process; analog computer; digital computer; integrators; math co-processor; nonlinear circuits; numerical routines; programmable linear circuits; single-chip VLSI; Analog computers; Circuits; Computer interfaces; Coprocessors; Differential equations; Physics computing; Switches; Time domain analysis; Very large scale integration; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2005. Digest of Technical Papers. ISSCC. 2005 IEEE International
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • ISSN
    0193-6530
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8904-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISSCC.2005.1493879
  • Filename
    1493879
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1668694