Title :
On a pin versus gate relationship for heterogeneous systems: heterogeneous Rent´s rule
Author :
Zarkesh-Ha, Payman ; Davis, Jeffrey A. ; Loh, William ; Meindl, James D.
Author_Institution :
Microelectron. Res. Center, Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper the overall pin versus gate relationship of a heterogeneous system is derived based on the Rent´s rule parameters of each megacell in the system. It is shown that, a composite Rent´s rule successfully describes heterogeneous collection of megacells
Keywords :
cellular arrays; integrated circuit interconnections; logic arrays; logic partitioning; heterogeneous Rent´s rule; heterogeneous systems; logic arrays; logic blocks; megacell; pin versus gate relationship; Integrated circuit interconnections; Large scale integration; Logic arrays; Logic circuits; Macrocell networks; Microelectronics; Microprocessors; Pins; Research and development; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1998. Proceedings of the IEEE 1998
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4292-5
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1998.694914
