• DocumentCode
    3372025
  • Title

    Live Demo: ECOS 1.0: A metal-only ECO synthesizer

  • Author

    Jiang, Iris Hui-Ru ; Chang, Hua-Yu

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. Eng. & Inst. of Electron., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    May 30 2010-June 2 2010
  • Firstpage
    2774
  • Lastpage
    2774
  • Abstract
    To ease the time-to-market pressure and save the photomask cost, metal-only ECO realizes the last-minute design changes by revising the photomasks of metal layers only. This task is challenging because the pre-injected spare cells are limited in number and in cell types. We develop a metal-only ECO synthesizer, named ECOS, that automates the incremental design changes without sacrificing timing and routability. Via the live demonstration, visitors can experience the superior performance of ECOS.
  • Keywords
    electronic engineering computing; masks; network routing; timing; ECOS 1.0; engineering change order; live demonstration; metal layer; metal-only ECO synthesizer; photomask cost; routability; time-to-market pressure; timing; Costs; Design engineering; Hardware design languages; Iris; Libraries; Manufacturing; Silicon; Synthesizers; Time to market; Timing; Engineering change order; technology remapping;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Proceedings of 2010 IEEE International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Paris
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5308-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-5309-2
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.2010.5537015
  • Filename
    5537015