Title :
Coherent functional, electrical and physical modeling of IP blocks using ALF
Author :
Roethig, Wolfgang
Author_Institution :
NEC Electron., Santa Clara, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes the principles of the Advanced Library Format (ALF) and its benefit for the usage in a SoC design flow with IP blocks. The ALF description capabilities for canonical function specification, electrical characterization or timing, power, signal integrity and physical description for hierarchical design are shown
Keywords :
VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; high level synthesis; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit modelling; microprocessor chips; timing; ALF description capabilities; Advanced Library Format; IP blocks; SoC design flow; canonical function specification; coherent functional modeling; electrical characterization; electrical modeling; hierarchical design; physical modeling; power integrity; signal integrity; system-on-a-chip; timing integrity; Capacitance; Contracts; Delay; Energy consumption; Libraries; National electric code; Object oriented modeling; Signal design; Timing; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
Custom Integrated Circuits, 2001, IEEE Conference on.
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6591-7
DOI :
10.1109/CICC.2001.929825
