Auteur: Rolf Drechsler

VLSI CADhas greatly bene?ted from the use of reduced ordered Binary Decision Diagrams (BDDs) and the clausal representation as a problem of Boolean Satis?ability (SAT), e.g. in logic synthesis, ver- …

The size of technically producible integrated circuits increases continuously. But the ability to design and verify these circuits does not keep up with this development. Therefore, today’s design ?o …

This book provides an overview of automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) and introduces novel techniques to complement classical ATPG, based on Boolean Satisfiability (SAT).  A fast and highly …

This book describes a comprehensive approach for synthesis and optimization of logic-in-memory computing hardware and architectures using memristive devices, which creates a firm foundation for pract …

This book describes recent findings in the domain of Boolean logic and Boolean algebra, covering application domains in circuit and system design, but also basic research in mathematics and theoretic …

This book introduces a new level of abstraction that closes the gap between the textual specification of embedded systems and the executable model at the Electronic System Level (ESL). Readers will b …

This book brings together a selection of the best papers from the eighteenth edition of the Forum on specification and Design Languages Conference (FDL), which took place on September 14-16, 2015, in …

This book presents a new optimization flow for quantum circuits realization. At the reversible level, optimization algorithms are presented to reduce the quantum cost. Then, new mapping approaches to …

This book provides a comprehensive overview of automatic model refinement, which helps readers close the gap between initial textual specification and its desired implementation. The authors enable r …

This book provides readers with a comprehensive introduction to the formal verification of hardware and software. World-leading experts from the domain of formal proof techniques show the latest deve …

This book provides a single-source reference to the state-of-the-art in logic synthesis. Readers will benefit from the authors’ expert perspectives on new technologies and logic synthesis, new data s …

This book provides a comprehensive discussion of UML/OCL methods and design flow, for automatic validation and verification of hardware and software systems. While the presented flow focuses on using …

This book presents exact, that is minimal, solutions to individual steps in the design process for Digital Microfluidic Biochips (DMFBs), as well as a one-pass approach that combines all these   …

This book describes reliable and efficient design automation techniques for the design and implementation of an approximate computing system. The authors address the important facets of approximate c …

Evolutionary computation (EC) techniques are e?cient, nature-inspired pl- ning and optimization methods based on the principles of natural evolution and genetics. Due to their e?ciency and simple und …

This book presents the lecture notes of the 1st Summer School on Methods and Tools for the Design of Digital Systems, 2015, held in Bremen, Germany. The topic of the summer school was devoted to mode …

Computer umgeben uns heute in fast allen Lebensbereichen. Sie erleichtern uns nicht nur als PC oder Laptop die Arbeit, sondern sind auch eingebettet in zahlreiche Objekte unseres täglichen Lebens – v …

In Test Pattern Generation using Boolean Proof Engines, we give an introduction to ATPG. The basic concept and classical ATPG algorithms are reviewed. Then, the formulation as a SAT problem is consid …

A quality-driven design and verification flow for digital systems is developed and presented in Quality-Driven System C Design. Two major enhancements characterize the new flow: First, dedicated veri …

Debugging becomes more and more the bottleneck to chip design productivity, especially while developing modern complex integrated circuits and systems at the Electronic System Level (ESL). Today, deb …

The development of computing machines found great success in the last decades. But the ongoing miniaturization of integrated circuits will reach its limits in the near future. Shrinking transistor si …

Advanced Formal Verification shows the latest developments in the verification domain from the perspectives of the user and the developer. World leading experts describe the underlying methods of tod …

Evolutionary Algorithms for Embedded System Design describes how Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) concepts can be applied to circuit and system design – an area where time-to-market demands are critical. …

Spectral Techniques in VLSI CAD have become a subject of renewed interest in the design automation community due to the emergence of new and efficient methods for the computation of discrete function …

In VLSI CAD, difficult optimization problems have to be solved on a constant basis. Various optimization techniques have been proposed in the past. While some of these methods have been shown to work …

For someone with a hammer the whole world looks like a nail. Within the last 10-13 years Binar*y Decision Diagmms (BDDs) have become the state-of-the-art data structure in VLSI CAD for representation …

Formal verification has become one of the most important steps in circuit design. Since circuits can contain several million transistors, verification of such large designs becomes more and more diff …

The design process of digital circuits is often carried out in individual steps, like logic synthesis, mapping, and routing. Since originally the complete process was too complex, it has been split u …

Evolutionary Computation (EC) deals with problem solving, optimization, and machine learning techniques inspired by principles of natural evolution and – netics. Just from this basic de?nition, it is …

Evolutionary computation (EC) techniques are e?cient nature-inspired pl- ning and optimization methods based on the principles of natural evolution and genetics. Due to their e?ciency and the simple …

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the International Conference on the Applications of Evolutionary Computation, Evo Applications 2012, held in Malaga, Spain, in April 2012, colocated …

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This book examines some of the underlying processes behind different forms of information management, including how we store information in our brains, the impact of new technologies such as computer …

This book describes a set of System C‐based virtual prototype analysis methodologies, including design understanding, verification, security validation, and design space exploration.  Readers wi …

This book describes approaches for integrating more automation to the early stages of EDA design flows. Readers will learn how natural language processing techniques can be utilized during early desi …

This book presents a comprehensive set of techniques that enhance all key aspects of a modern Virtual Prototype (VP)-based design flow. The authors emphasize automated formal verification methods, as …

Können wir uns heute noch ein Leben ohne Computer vorstellen? Wie würde unser Tagesablauf ohne Smartphone aussehen? An welchen Stellen hilft uns Technologie, an welchen macht sie das Leben komplizier …

This book introduces several novel approaches to pave the way for the next generation of integrated circuits, which can be successfully and reliably integrated, even in safety-critical applications. …

This book describes recent findings in the domain of Boolean logic and Boolean algebra, covering application domains in circuit and system design, but also basic research in mathematics and theoretic …

This book discusses the main tasks of Design Automation for Field-coupled Nanocomputing (FCN) technologies, in order to enable large-scale composition of elementary building blocks, that obtain corre …

This book describes a comprehensive combination of methodologies that strongly enhance the modern Virtual Prototype (VP)-based verification flow for heterogeneous systems-on-chip (SOCs). In particula …

Dieses Buch stellt eine umfassende Reihe von Techniken vor, die alle wichtigen Aspekte eines modernen Virtual Prototype (VP)-basierten Entwurfsablaufs verbessern. Die Autoren legen den Schwerpunkt au …

This book addresses the challenging tasks of verifying and debugging structurally complex multipliers. In the area of verification, the authors first investigate the challenges of Symbolic Computer A …

This book describes recent findings in the domain of Boolean logic and Boolean algebra, covering application domains in circuit and system design, but also basic research in mathematics and theoretic …

Dieses Buch beschreibt einen umfassenden Ansatz für die Synthese und Optimierung von Logic-in-Memory-Computing-Hardware und -Architekturen mit memristiven Bauelementen, der eine solide Grundlage für …

Dieses Buch beschreibt eine Reihe von System C-basierten Analysemethoden für virtuelle Prototypen, einschließlich Entwurfsverständnis, Verifikation, Sicherheitsvalidierung und Entwurfsraumuntersuchun …

In diesem Buch werden mehrere neue Ansätze vorgestellt, die den Weg für die nächste Generation integrierter Schaltungen ebnen, die auch in sicherheitskritischen Anwendungen erfolgreich und zuverlässi …

This book deals with formal and practical approaches for early fast modeling and verification of complex digital processor hardware and software using System C-based virtual prototypes. As a special …

Dieses Buch beschreibt eine umfassende Kombination von Methoden, die den modernen Virtual Prototype (VP)-basierten Verifikationsfluss für heterogene Systems-on-Chip (SOCs) stark verbessern. Insbesond …