CONTANGO : Integrated Optimization of SoC Clock Networks
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-03-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Engineering Sciences and Information Technology
Abstract EN
On-chip clock networks are remarkable in their impact on the performance and power of synchronous circuits, in their susceptibility to adverse effects of semiconductor technology scaling, as well as in their strong potential for improvement through better CAD algorithms and tools.
Existing literature is rich in ideas and techniques but performs large-scale optimization using analytical models that lost accuracy at recent technology nodes and have rarely been validated by realistic SPICE simulations on large industry designs.
Our work offers a methodology for SPICE-accurate optimization of clock networks, coordinated to satisfy slew constraints and achieve best tradeoffs between skew, insertion delay, power, as well as tolerance to variations.
Our implementation, called Contango, is evaluated on 45 nm benchmarks from IBM Research and Texas Instruments with up to 50 K sinks.
It outperforms all published results in terms of skew and shows superior scalability.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lee, Dong-Jin& Markov, Igor L.. 2011. CONTANGO : Integrated Optimization of SoC Clock Networks. VLSI Design،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lee, Dong-Jin& Markov, Igor L.. CONTANGO : Integrated Optimization of SoC Clock Networks. VLSI Design No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-469692
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lee, Dong-Jin& Markov, Igor L.. CONTANGO : Integrated Optimization of SoC Clock Networks. VLSI Design. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-12.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-469692
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-469692