Title :
Interconnection lengths and VLSI
fDate :
7/1/1985 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
It is found that average interconnection lengths in a very large scale integrated (VLSI) circuit that is functionally partitioned do not continue to increase as device sizes are scaled down and chips become more densely packed. Although pin requirements still increase, this increase is much smaller than expected from common expressions of Rent´s rule. These results suggest that the important dimension in VLSI is of information flow.
Keywords :
VLSI; integrated circuit technology; IC technology; Rent´s rule; VLSI; average interconnection lengths; functional partitioning; information flow; pin requirements; scaling; Computer architecture; Computers; Integrated circuit interconnections; Logic gates; Microprocessors; Pins; Very large scale integration;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCD.1985.6311992
