From expert assistant to design verification: applications of AI to VLSI design

Author

Miller, Ann

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA

fYear

1989

fDate

9-12 Apr 1989

Firstpage

406

Abstract

The author discusses successful applications of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to integrated-circuit (IC) and printed-circuit-board (PCB) design in the area of expert systems which serve as design assistants. Attention is given to problems connected with the multidimensional and hierarchical nature of the VLSI design process. Some of the language features which are applicable to IC and PCB design problems are addressed. It is concluded that these language features coupled with expert systems permit a significant first step to solving a very difficult problem: the verification of the correctness of a design

Keywords

VLSI; artificial intelligence; circuit CAD; expert systems; AI; IC design; VLSI design; correctness; design assistants; expert systems; hierarchical nature; language features; multidimensional; printed-circuit-board; verification; Application software; Application specific integrated circuits; Artificial intelligence; Engines; Expert systems; Humans; Integrated circuit technology; Printed circuits; Process design; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon '89. Proceedings. Energy and Information Technologies in the Southeast., IEEE

Conference_Location

Columbia, SC

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.1989.132410

Filename

132410