Title :
Rothko: a three-dimensional FPGA
Author :
Leeser, Miriam ; Meleis, Waleed M. ; Vai, Mankuan M. ; Chiricescu, Silviu ; Xu, Weidong ; Zavracky, Paul M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
Using transferred circuits and metal interconnections placed between layers of active devices anywhere on the chip, Rothko aims at solving utilization, routing, and delay problems of existing FPGA architectures. Experimental implementations have demonstrated important performance advantages
Keywords :
circuit layout CAD; field programmable gate arrays; logic CAD; FPGA; Rothko; active devices; delay problems; metal interconnections; routing; transferred circuits; utilization; Aluminum; Circuit testing; Computer architecture; Delay; Field programmable gate arrays; Geometry; Integrated circuit interconnections; Logic; Routing; Switches;
Journal_Title :
Design & Test of Computers, IEEE
