Title :
The magic of a via-configurable regular fabric
Author :
Yajun Ran ; Marek-Sadowska, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we provide a comprehensive study of the mappability of a via-configurable gate array (VCGA). Although, the base cell of the VCGA is simple, by customizing only via masks it can implement various combinational logic functions, sequential elements, and SRAM cells. Our VCGA can be efficiently configured into SRAM arrays, adders and multipliers. The strong configurability of our VCGA allows us to minimize the number of fixed parts in a general-purpose VCGA fabric, which greatly improves area utilization.
Keywords :
SRAM chips; adders; combinational circuits; integrated circuit design; logic arrays; logic design; multiplying circuits; sequential circuits; SRAM arrays; SRAM cells; adders; combinational logic functions; integrated circuit design; logic design; multipliers; via configurable gate array; via configurable regular fabric; Adders; Costs; Fabrics; Flexible printed circuits; Inverters; Logic arrays; Logic functions; Metallization; Radio access networks; Random access memory;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 2004. ICCD 2004. Proceedings. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2231-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICCD.2004.1347943
