Title :
Browsing the chip design database
Author :
Gedye, David ; Katz, Randy
Author_Institution :
Div. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
A design browser is a tool for exploring the interconnected web of design objects managed by a CAD (computer-aided design) database. The browser described here presents this information graphically-directed graphs are drawn to show the relationships that exist between objects in the database. Since graphs can become very large, techniques referred to as rectangular and hourglass pruning have been developed to reduce the information displayed to a manageable level. This browser allows designers to visualize the rich, multidimensional structure of their designs.<>
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit CAD; database management systems; integrated circuit technology; (computer-aided design); CAD database; VLSI; chip design database; design browser; directed graphs; hourglass pruning; Chip scale packaging; Data engineering; Data models; Design automation; Design engineering; Displays; Energy management; Engineering management; Power engineering and energy; Visual databases;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation Conference, 1988. Proceedings., 25th ACM/IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0864-1
DOI :
10.1109/DAC.1988.14769
