Title :
A highly automated design system for rapid development from architecture to ASICs
Author :
Pierce, D.A. ; Stroud, C.E.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Naperville, IL, USA
Abstract :
Presents a highly automated design process for the prelayout phase of ASIC (application-specific integrated circuit) system development. The process is divided into four major activities: design capture, design for testability, design verification, and test generation. The authors cover each of these in turn, discussing the reasons for their approach, the role of automation in each activity, and gains realized in several production developments
Keywords :
circuit CAD; monolithic integrated circuits; ASICs; architecture; automated design system; design capture; design verification; prelayout phase; test generation; testability; Application specific integrated circuits; Circuit simulation; Circuit synthesis; Circuit testing; Computational modeling; Computer errors; Computer simulation; Driver circuits; Hardware; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits Conference, 1988., Proceedings of the IEEE 1988
Conference_Location :
Rochester, NY
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.1988.20783
