BOLD: The Boulder Optimal Logic Design system

Author

Hachtel, G. ; Lightner, M. ; Bartlett, K. ; Bostwick, D. ; Jacoby, R. ; Moceyunas, P. ; Morrison, C. ; Du, X. ; Schwarz, E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Colorado Univ., Boulder, CO, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1989

fDate

3-6 Jan 1989

Firstpage

59

Abstract

The BOLD (Boulder-Optimal Logic Design) system is a set of software tools that optimally transform an arbitrary combinational logic description into a standard cell, gate array, or complex CMOS gate technology. The design philosophy and structure of BOLD are summarized, and the various software tools and algorithms that comprise the BOLD system are described. The input to BOLD is either a behavioral circuit description or a Logical Interchange Format (LIF) file. The output is a netlist consisting of gates from a user supplied library or a netlist of CMOS complex gates. The philosophy of BOLD is contrasted with that of other available synthesis programs (most notably MIS and YLE), and the output of each is compared on a small set of examples

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; logic CAD; software tools; BOLD; Boulder Optimal Logic Design system; CMOS gate technology; Logical Interchange Format; MIS; YLE; arbitrary combinational logic description; behavioral circuit description; gate array; software tools; standard cell; Algorithm design and analysis; CMOS logic circuits; CMOS technology; Circuit synthesis; Logic arrays; Logic design; Software algorithms; Software libraries; Software standards; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1989. Vol.I: Architecture Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kailua-Kona, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-1911-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1989.47144

Filename

47144