Title :
A logic sharing synthesis tool for mutually exclusive applications
Author :
Kilic, Alp ; Marrakchi, Zied ; Tuna, Matthieu ; Mehrez, Habib
Author_Institution :
LIP6 Lab., Univ. of Pierre & Marie Curie, Paris VI, Paris, France
Abstract :
Multiple Context ASIC (mASIC) is a circuit grouping a set of designs (applications) which operates at mutually exclusive times. In this paper we propose to take this particularity into account when we run logic synthesis. The idea is to maximize logic resources sharing between designs to reduce the total resulting area. Once used on mASIC for a set of 5 benchmark designs, our synthesizing technique reduces area by 28% compared to the sum of the 5 individual ASIC areas.
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; logic design; logic resources maximization; logic sharing synthesis tool; mASIC; multiple context ASIC; mutually exclusive applications; Application specific integrated circuits; Field programmable gate arrays; Multiplexing; Resource management; Routing; Table lookup;
Conference_Titel :
Design & Technology of Integrated Systems in Nanoscale Era (DTIS), 2012 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gammarth
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1926-3
DOI :
10.1109/DTIS.2012.6232984
