Performance optimization of VLSI interconnect layout

J Cong, L He, CK Koh, PH Madden - Integration, 1996‏ - Elsevier
This paper presents a comprehensive survey of existing techniques for interconnect
optimization during the VLSI physical design process, with emphasis on recent studies on …

Clock distribution networks in synchronous digital integrated circuits

EG Friedman - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2001‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Clock distribution networks synchronize the flow of data signals among synchronous data
paths. The design of these networks can dramatically affect system-wide performance and …

Clock distribution design in VLSI circuits-an overview

EG Friedman - 1993 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits …, 1993‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Clock distribution networks synchronize the flow of data signals between data paths, and the
design of these networks can dramatically affect system wide performance and reliability …

Zero-skew clock routing trees with minimum wirelength

KD Boese, AB Kahng - [1992] Proceedings. Fifth Annual IEEE …, 1992‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The deferred-merge embedding (DME) algorithm is presented. In linear time, it embeds any
given connection topology into the Manhattan plane to create a clock tree with zero skew …

A clustering-based optimization algorithm in zero-skew routings

M Edahiro - Proceedings of the 30th international Design …, 1993‏ - dl.acm.org
A zero-skew routing algorithm with clustering and improvement methods is proposed. This
algorithm generates a zero-skew routing in O (n log n) time for n pins, and it is proven that …

Modeling and analysis of nonuniform substrate temperature effects on global ULSI interconnects

AH Ajami, K Banerjee, M Pedram - IEEE Transactions on …, 2005‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nonuniform thermal profiles on the substrate in high-performance ICs can significantly
impact the performance of global on-chip interconnects. This paper presents a detailed …

ICCAD-2015 CAD contest in incremental timing-driven placement and benchmark suite

MC Kim, J Hu, J Li… - 2015 IEEE/ACM …, 2015‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
At modern technology nodes, improving routability and reducing total wirelength are no
longer sufficient to close timing. Incremental timing-driven placement (TDP) seeks to resolve …

Bounded-skew clock and Steiner routing

J Cong, AB Kahng, CK Koh, CWA Tsao - ACM Transactions on Design …, 1998‏ - dl.acm.org
We study the minimum-cost bounded-skew routing tree problem under the pathlength
(linear) and Elmore delay models. This problem captures several engineering tradeoffs in …

Clock-tree power optimization based on RTL clock-gating

M Donno, A Ivaldi, L Benini, E Macii - Proceedings of the 40th annual …, 2003‏ - dl.acm.org
As power consumption of the clock tree in modern VLSI designs tends to dominate,
measures must be taken to keep it under control. This paper introduces an approach for …

Bilinear heterogeneous information machine for RGB-D action recognition

Y Kong, Y Fu - Proceedings of the IEEE conference on computer …, 2015‏ - cv-foundation.org
This paper proposes a novel approach to action recognition from RGB-D cameras, in which
depth features and RGB visual features are jointly used. Rich heterogeneous RGB and …