Design Optimization by Using Flexible Pipelined Modules

Masahiro FUKUI  Masakazu TANAKA  Masaharu IMAI  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences   Vol.E81-A   No.12   pp.2521-2528
Publication Date: 1998/12/25
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Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on VLSI Design and CAD Algorithms)
Category: Timing Verification and Optimization
Keyword: 
pipeline,  design tuning,  module generation,  

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Summary: 
This paper proposes a new flexible hardware model for pipelined design optimization. Using together with an RTL floorplanner, the flexible hardware model makes accurate and fine design space exploration possible. It is quite effective for deep submicron technology since estimation at high level has become a difficult problem and the design tuning at lower level of abstraction makes up the full design optimization task. The experimental results show that our approach reduces the slack time in the pipeline stages then achieves higher performance with a smaller area.