Design Systems for VLSI Circuits

Inhaltsverzeichnis

• Introduction: Synthesis of LSI Circuits.
• I: Synthesis Methods.
• Procedural Design and Module Generation.
• Module Generators for VLSI Design.
• Abstraction and Layering in Silicon Compilation Tools.
• Symbolic Layout and Procedural Design.
• Physical Synthesis.
• Automatic Layout of Integrated Circuits.
• Logic Synthesis.
• Algorithms for Multi-Level Logic Synthesis and Optimization.
• Verification Algorithms for VLSI Synthesis.
• Synthesis of Control Systems.
• Towards Intelligent Silicon Compilation.
• II. Synthesis Systems.
• A Mixed-Media Approach to Module Generator Design.
• Design of Module Generators and Silicon Compilers.
• Layout Compilation.
• The Socrates Logic Synthesis and Optimization System.
• The Syco Silicon Compiler and Its Environment.
• The MEGA System for Semi-Custom Design.
• III. Synthesis Systems for Digital Signal Processing.
• Automatic Generation of Digital Signal Processing Circuits.
• Cathedral II: A Synthesis and Module Generation System for Multiprocessor Systems on a Chip.