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
fDate :
May 30 2010-June 2 2010
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/ISCAS.2010.5537015
