Deep submicron design techniques for the 500 MHz IBM S/390 G5 custom microprocessor

Author

Hoffman, D.E. ; Averill, R.M. ; Curran, B. ; Chan, Y.H. ; Dansky, A. ; Hatch, R. ; McNamara, T. ; McPherson, T. ; Northrop, G. ; Sigal, L. ; Pelella, A. ; Williams, P.M.

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

5-7 Oct 1998

Firstpage

258

Lastpage

263

Abstract

High frequency microprocessor designs require rigorous design guidelines, design methodology advancements, and novel approaches in circuit design style for processors operating in the high megahertz range. Timing closure becomes the single most important design issue, however other design metrics such as area, power and noise need to be given equal consideration within the design cycle. Custom design techniques were used through out the logic circuits and arrays as well as the overall design planning for the 500 MHz microprocessor cycle time

Keywords

IBM computers; logic CAD; microprocessor chips; IBM S/390 G5; custom microprocessor; design metrics; design planning; logic circuits; microprocessor designs; submicron design techniques; timing closure; CMOS logic circuits; Circuit noise; Circuit synthesis; Clocks; Latches; Logic design; Microprocessors; Power supplies; Timing; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors, 1998. ICCD '98. Proceedings. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

ISSN

1063-6404

Print_ISBN

0-8186-9099-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCD.1998.727059

Filename

727059