Title :
Design assistance for CAD frameworks
Author :
Lopez, Juan C. ; Jacome, Margarida E. ; Director, Stephen W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
Decision-making support based on prediction and advice is a fundamental resource that can be used to reduce search in the design space. The authors discuss the advantages of providing CAD frameworks with a general design assistance facility and the basic methodology that should underlay the implementation of such a facility. A general purpose design assistance metal-tool that successfully realizes the proposed methodology is described. This tool has been integrated into the Odyssey CAD Framework
Keywords :
intelligent design assistants; CAD frameworks; Odyssey CAD Framework; decision support; design assistance; design assistance metal-tool; design space; Circuits; Contracts; Design automation; Design engineering; Digital filters; Digital signal processing; Encapsulation; Operational amplifiers; Process design; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 1992., EURO-VHDL '92, EURO-DAC '92. European
Conference_Location :
Hamburg
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2780-8
DOI :
10.1109/EURDAC.1992.246308
