DocumentCode
3150599
Title
A Declarative Design Approach for Combining Macrocells by Directed Placement and Constructive Routing
Author
Wardle, C.L. ; Watson, C.R. ; Wilson, C.A. ; Mudge, J.C. ; Nelson, B.J.
Author_Institution
VLSI Program, CSIRO, Adelaide, South Australia
fYear
1984
fDate
25-27 June 1984
Firstpage
594
Lastpage
601
Abstract
This paper describes Sprint, an IC design system. Sprint is an integrated, hierarchical approach to VLSI design. All nodes (cells) in the hierarchy are abstracted in terms of their structural, electrical, and functional properties. Cells may be of arbitrary size and aspect ratio. The relative placement of cells is specified by the designer, and signal and power routing is automatically generated. Sprint has been successfully used by a six-person team to design a 100,000 transistor chip. The chip has been fabricated in a 2.5 micron, double layer metal, HMOS process.
Keywords
Australia; Binary trees; Chip scale packaging; Macrocell networks; Power generation; Routing; Signal design; Signal generators; Very large scale integration; Wiring;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Design Automation, 1984. 21st Conference on
ISSN
0738-100X
Print_ISBN
0-8186-0542-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DAC.1984.1585858
Filename
1585858
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