Title :
Efficient semicustom micropipeline design
Author :
Gloria, Alessandro De ; Olivieri, Mauro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biophys. & Electron. Eng., Genoa Univ., Italy
Abstract :
We present the analytical model and the electrical characterization of a controllable delay component for a micropipeline architecture suitable for being designed with a semicustom design approach. An interesting feature of the component is that it is lockable, i.e., it can be controlled in an on/off fashion, permitting synchronous operation for testing purposes by means of an opportune architecture model.<>
Keywords :
CMOS logic circuits; delays; logic design; pipeline processing; timing; analytical model; controllable delay component; electrical characterization; micropipeline architecture; semicustom design approach; semicustom micropipeline design; synchronous operation; Algorithm design and analysis; Conferences; Data structures; Energy consumption; Hardware; Industrial control; Partitioning algorithms; Power system modeling; Software tools; Yield estimation;
Journal_Title :
Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, IEEE Transactions on
