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.
Inhoudsopgave
Part I: Introduction and Prior Art.- Timing Closure for Multi-Million-Gate Integrated Circuits.- State of the Art in Physical Synthesis.- Part II: Local Physical Synthesis and Necessary Analysis Techniques.- Buffer Insertion during Timing-Driven Placement.- Bounded Transactional Timing Analysis.- Gate Sizing During Timing-Driven Placement.- Part III: Broadening the Scope of Circuit Transformations.- Physically-Driven Logic Restructuring.- Logic Restructuring as an Aid to Physical Retiming.- Broadening the Scope of Optimization using Partitioning.- Co-Optimization of Latches and Clock Networks.- Conclusions and Future Work.
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