A new language suite for designer-specifiable ASIC cell compilers

Author

Purcell, Shawn ; Handa, Masahiro ; Steinweg, Russell L.

Author_Institution

VLSI Technol. Inc., San Jose, CA, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

25-28 Sep 1989

Lastpage

38473

Abstract

An integrated set of design languages is presented for describing the various outputs of a cell compiler within VLSI Technology´s ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) design tool environment. The outputs include physical layout, netlists of several types, various external attributes of the compiled cell, and test vectors. The languages were designed with the goal of being simple enough to enable software-inexperienced circuit designers to create complex cell compilers independently. The languages, which follow a consistent format and use intuitive constructs, increase compiler development productivity significantly, primarily by removing the software engineer from the compiler development tool

Keywords

VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; circuit layout CAD; specification languages; ASIC design tool environment; application-specific integrated circuit; compiler development productivity; compiler development tool; consistent format; designer-specifiable ASIC cell compilers; external attributes; integrated set of design languages; intuitive constructs; language suite; netlists; physical layout; software engineer removal; software-inexperienced circuit designers; test vectors; Application specific integrated circuits; Circuit testing; Computer languages; Design engineering; Integrated circuit technology; Power engineering and energy; Productivity; Software tools; Very large scale integration; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

ASIC Seminar and Exhibit, 1989. Proceedings., Second Annual IEEE

Conference_Location

Rochester, NY

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASIC.1989.123182

Filename

123182