Title :
Design and analysis of via-configurable routing fabrics for structured ASICs
Author :
Tsai, Hsin-Pei ; Lin, Rung-Bin ; Lai, Liang-Chi
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. & Eng., Yuan Ze Univ., Chungli, Taiwan
Abstract :
This paper presents a simple method for design and analysis of a via-configurable routing fabric formed by an array of routing fabric blocks (RFBs). The method simply probes into an RFB rather than resorts to full-chip routing to collect some statistics for a metric used to qualify the RFB. We find that the trade-off between wire length and via count is a good metric. This metric has been validated by full-chip routing and used successfully to create better routing fabrics.
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; RFB; structured ASIC; via-configurable routing fabrics; Application specific integrated circuits; Arrays; Fabrics; Layout; Measurement; Routing; Wires; design for manufacturity; regular fabric; routing; structured ASIC; via configurable;
Conference_Titel :
Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), 2012
Conference_Location :
Dresden
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-2145-8
DOI :
10.1109/DATE.2012.6176707
