IC design automation from circuit level optimization to retargetable layout

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems

Volumn 1, Issue , 2001, Pages 95-98

  Jingnan, Xu ^a,b   Serras, J ^a   Oliveira, M ^b   Belo, R ^a   Bugalho, M ^a   Vital, J ^a,b   Horta, N ^a   Franca, J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b MIPSABG Chipidea Lda Portugal   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG AND MIXED SIGNALS; CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION; CIRCUIT LEVELS; CONSTRAINT GENERATION; DESIGN AUTOMATIONS; IC DESIGNS; LAYOUT GENERATIONS; MULTILEVEL OPTIMIZATION; PHYSICAL LAYOUT; RETARGETABLE; SIMULATED ANNEALING TECHNIQUES;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN;

SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 0009615430     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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