A Database Approach to Communication in VLSI Design

Abstract

This paper describes recent and planned work at Stanford in applying database technology to the problems of VLSI design. In particular, it addresses the issue of communication within a design's different representations and hierarchical levels in a multiple designer environment. We demonstrate the heretofore questioned utility of using commercial database systems, at least while developing a versatile, flexible, and generally efficient model and its associated communication paths. Completed work and results from initial work using DEC DBMS-20 is presented, including macro expansion within the database, and signalling of changes to higher structural levels. Considerable discussion regarding overall philosophy for continued work is also included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA096347

Entities

People

  • Anne Beetem
  • Garrett Short
  • Gio Wiederhold

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Aircraft Design
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Databases
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Health Care
  • Inverters
  • Language
  • Networks
  • Relational Databases
  • Security
  • Simulators
  • Universities
  • Very Large Scale Integration
  • Xor Gates

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  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Theoretical Analysis.