DocumentCode
2931550
Title
Rapid design flows for advanced technology pathfinding
Author
Christie, P. ; Nackaerts, A. ; Kumar, A. ; Terechko, A.S. ; Doornbos, G.
Author_Institution
XP-TSMC Res. Center, Leuven
fYear
2008
fDate
15-17 Dec. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
4
Abstract
Several innovative modifications to standard design flows are described which enable new device technologies to be rapidly assessed at the system level. Cell libraries from these rapid flows are employed by a design flow description language (PSYCHIC) for the exploration of highly speculative ldquowhat ifrdquo scenarios. These rapid design flows are used to explore the performance of two competing 15 nm technologies in a system L2 cache controller and a PSYCHIC analysis of statistical timing variations in a 45 nm memory concentrator.
Keywords
CAD; electronic design automation; formal languages; PSYCHIC; advanced technology pathfinding design; cell libraries; design flow description language; memory concentrator; system L2 cache controller; Accuracy; Capacitance; Clocks; Control systems; Libraries; MOS devices; Psychology; Resource description framework; Timing; Voltage;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Electron Devices Meeting, 2008. IEDM 2008. IEEE International
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
ISSN
8164-2284
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-2377-4
Electronic_ISBN
8164-2284
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IEDM.2008.4796787
Filename
4796787
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