Title :
Yield-based system partitioning strategies for MCM and ASEM design
Author :
Khan, Shoab ; Madisetti, Vijay
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
We propose a new quantitative approach to MCM and ASEM system partitioning under yield, I/O, and area constraints. The objective is to minimize the off-chip communication/wiring cost while improving the yield of an MCM or ASEM (using smaller partitions without violating I/O and area constraints). We formulate this as a 0-1 quadratic programming problem with linear constraints. This paper describes the quantitative model and results from detailed partitioning of large benchmark VLSI circuits
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit layout CAD; multichip modules; quadratic programming; 0-1 quadratic programming problem; ASEM design; I/O constraints; MCM design; application specific electronic module; area constraints; large benchmark VLSI circuits; linear constraints; yield constraints; yield-based system partitioning strategies; Circuit testing; Cost function; Digital signal processing; Logic gates; Multichip modules; Partitioning algorithms; Quadratic programming; Upper bound; Very large scale integration; Wiring;
Conference_Titel :
Multi-Chip Module Conference, 1994. MCMC-94, Proceedings., 1994 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Santa Cruz, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5560-7
DOI :
10.1109/MCMC.1994.292512
