Fast Algorithms for Slew Constrained Minimum Cost Buffering摆约束最小成本缓冲的快速算法.pptVIP

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Fast Algorithms for Slew Constrained Minimum Cost Buffering S. Hu*, C. Alpert**, J. Hu*, S. Karandikar**, Z. Li*, W. Shi* and C. Sze** *Dept of ECE, Texas AM University **IBM Austin Research Lab * Outline Motivation Slew Model Algorithms Discrete slew buffering with fixed input slew Discrete slew buffering with non-fixed input slew Continuous slew buffering Experimental Results Conclusion * Motivation Buffer insertion is prevalent in VLSI designs. e.g., for timing optimization and improving signal integrity. Problems: Most nets (90%-95%) are NO