Design of Special-Purpose VLSI Chips: Example and Opinions.

Abstract

This paper identifies important steps in the design of a special purpose VLSI chip, and argues that the most crucial step is the design of the underlying algorithm. Because the algorithm determines the degree of parallelism and pipelining that is possible, it largely determines the performance of the chip. Furthermore, if the underlying algorithm has the right properties such as modularity and regularity, then the rest of the design should be routine and thus takes little effort. These claims are supported by a concrete example--the design of an efficient pattern matching chip, which has been fabricated for testing. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA081451

Entities

People

  • H. T. Kung
  • Michael J. Foster

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Circuits
  • Computations
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Data Transmission
  • Fabrication
  • Hypervelocity Flow
  • Integrated Circuits
  • Language
  • Large Scale Integration
  • Logic
  • Logic Gates
  • Shift Registers
  • Topology
  • Very Large Scale Integration

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  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Theoretical Analysis.