Title :
EDA in IBM: past, present, and future
Author :
Darringer, John ; Davidson, Evan ; Hathaway, David J. ; Koenemann, Bernd ; Lavin, Mark ; Morrell, Joseph K. ; Rahmat, Khalid ; Roesner, Wolfgang ; Schanzenbach, Erich ; Tellez, Gustavo ; Trevillyan, Louise
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
fDate :
12/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Throughout its history, from the early four-circuit gate-array chips of the late 1960s to today´s billion-transistor multichip module, IBM has invested in tools to support its leading-edge technology and high-performance product development. The combination of demanding designs and close cooperation among product, technology, and tool development has given rise to many innovations in the electronic design automation (EDA) area and provided IBM with a significant competitive advantage. This paper highlights IBM´s contributions over the last four decades and presents a view of the future, where the best methods of multimillion gate ASIC and gigahertz microprocessor design are converged to enable highly productive system-on-a-chip designs that include widely diverse hardware and software components
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; electronic design automation; history; integrated circuit design; product development; technological forecasting; ASIC; EDA; IBM; hardware components; high-performance product development; leading-edge technology; microprocessor design; software components; system-on-a-chip designs; tool development; Analytical models; Application specific integrated circuits; Design automation; Design optimization; Electronic design automation and methodology; Hardware; History; Multichip modules; Packaging; Technological innovation;
Journal_Title :
Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
