Multi-Objective Optimization in Physical Synthesis of Integrated Circuits

✍ Scribed by David A. Papa, Igor L. Markov (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 157
• Series: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 166
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book introduces techniques that advance the capabilities and strength of modern software tools for physical synthesis, with the ultimate goal to improve the quality of leading-edge semiconductor products. It provides a comprehensive introduction to physical synthesis and takes the reader methodically from first principles through state-of-the-art optimizations used in cutting edge industrial tools. It explains how to integrate chip optimizations in novel ways to create powerful circuit transformations that help satisfy performance requirements.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Timing Closure for Multi-Million-Gate Integrated Circuits....Pages 3-9
State of the Art in Physical Synthesis....Pages 11-18
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Buffer Insertion During Timing-Driven Placement....Pages 21-46
Bounded Transactional Timing Analysis....Pages 47-63
Gate Sizing During Timing-Driven Placement....Pages 65-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Physically-Driven Logic Restructuring....Pages 83-103
Logic Restructuring as an Aid to Physical Retiming....Pages 105-122
Broadening the Scope of Optimization Using Partitioning....Pages 123-132
Co-Optimization of Latches and Clock Networks....Pages 133-148
Conclusions....Pages 149-155

✦ Subjects

Circuits and Systems; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation; Nanotechnology and Microengineering