DocumentCode
2991671
Title
Feedback-driven datapath optimization in Fasolt
Author
Knapp, D.W.
Author_Institution
Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
fYear
1990
fDate
11-15 Nov. 1990
Firstpage
300
Lastpage
303
Abstract
Fasolt is a program that optimizes a register-level datapath design. Fasolt is unique in that it uses layout information to drive the choice of optimizing transformations; hence it is feedback-driven, because it uses low-level information to drive high-level decision making. Fasolt 1.0 uses critical path and channel density to select pairs of wire bundles to be merged, which may necessitate retiming. Hence scheduling and allocation can take wiring into account in a novel way, which has been sufficient to given 10 and 50% area reductions in naive initial designs.<>
Keywords
VLSI; circuit layout CAD; optimisation; Fasolt; allocation; area reductions; channel density; critical path; feedback-driven datapath optimization; layout information; optimizing transformations; register-level datapath design; scheduling; wiring; Boolean algebra; Costs; Design optimization; Feedback loop; High level synthesis; Integrated circuit interconnections; Processor scheduling; Very large scale integration; Wire; Wiring;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computer-Aided Design, 1990. ICCAD-90. Digest of Technical Papers., 1990 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
0-8186-2055-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCAD.1990.129908
Filename
129908
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