EDA in IBM: past, present, and future

Author

Darringer, John ; Davidson, Evan ; Hathaway, David J. ; Koenemann, Bernd ; Lavin, Mark ; Morrell, Joseph K. ; Rahmat, Khalid ; Roesner, Wolfgang ; Schanzenbach, Erich ; Tellez, Gustavo ; Trevillyan, Louise

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Volume

19

Issue

12

fYear

2000

fDate

12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1476

Lastpage

1497

Abstract

Throughout its history, from the early four-circuit gate-array chips of the late 1960s to today´s billion-transistor multichip module, IBM has invested in tools to support its leading-edge technology and high-performance product development. The combination of demanding designs and close cooperation among product, technology, and tool development has given rise to many innovations in the electronic design automation (EDA) area and provided IBM with a significant competitive advantage. This paper highlights IBM´s contributions over the last four decades and presents a view of the future, where the best methods of multimillion gate ASIC and gigahertz microprocessor design are converged to enable highly productive system-on-a-chip designs that include widely diverse hardware and software components

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; electronic design automation; history; integrated circuit design; product development; technological forecasting; ASIC; EDA; IBM; hardware components; high-performance product development; leading-edge technology; microprocessor design; software components; system-on-a-chip designs; tool development; Analytical models; Application specific integrated circuits; Design automation; Design optimization; Electronic design automation and methodology; Hardware; History; Multichip modules; Packaging; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0070

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/43.898827

Filename

898827