• DocumentCode
    2431829
  • Title

    Logic synthesis for better than worst-case designs

  • Author

    Cong, Jason ; Minkovich, Kirill

  • Author_Institution
    Comput. Sci. Dept., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    28-30 April 2009
  • Firstpage
    166
  • Lastpage
    169
  • Abstract
    In this paper we present a novel metric for measuring and optimizing the performance of circuits that operate with the clock period smaller than the worst-case delay. In particular, we developed an efficient logic optimization operation ldquobalancerdquo and a library mapping algorithm named BTWLibMap. Together they are able to reduce the probability of a timing error by 2.3X while only incurring a 4% area overhead.
  • Keywords
    circuit optimisation; logic design; BTWLibMap; clock period; library mapping algorithm; logic optimization operation; logic synthesis; timing error; worst-case delay; Circuit optimization; Clocks; Delay; Design optimization; Latches; Logic circuits; Logic design; Pipelines; Registers; Timing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    VLSI Design, Automation and Test, 2009. VLSI-DAT '09. International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Hsinchu
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2781-9
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2782-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/VDAT.2009.5158121
  • Filename
    5158121