Title :
Transition Skew Coding for Global On-Chip Interconnect
Author :
Akl, Charbel J. ; Bayoumi, Magdy A.
Author_Institution :
Center for Adv. Comput. Studies, Univ. of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA
Abstract :
This paper presents new simulation results of the previously proposed transition skew coding (TSC) for global on-chip interconnects. Considering 2-GHz global clock frequency at the 90-nm node, we show that TSC can be applied to broad range of wire length on both semiglobal and global metal layers, while maintaining its energy efficiency and its advantages in terms of crosstalk reduction and signal integrity, and wiring and repeater area minimization.
Keywords :
crosstalk; encoding; integrated circuit interconnections; crosstalk reduction; frequency 2 GHz; global clock frequency; global on-chip interconnect; repeater area minimization; signal integrity; size 90 nm; transition skew coding; Clocks; Costs; Crosstalk; Power system interconnection; Repeaters; Routing; Uncertainty; Very large scale integration; Wires; Wiring; Crosstalk; power; repeater; routing; wire;
Journal_Title :
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TVLSI.2008.2000596
