Super-CAD: An Integrated Structure for Design Automation.
Abstract
This project proposes a structure to integrate a variety of Computer-Aided Design tools into a complete design system. Design aids have provided valuable assistance to designers of integrated circuits over the last decade. However, greatly increased circuit complexity, with the approach of more than a million devices on a single chip, is exceeding the capabilities of current design methods. Greater automation and additional design tools are needed. A model is proposed which divides the design process into three stages: Specification, Implementation, and Realization. The Implementation stage is examined in detail. Design requirements can be described at different levels of abstraction, from a description of overall behavior to specific gate-level logic details. The model attempts to satisfy the requirements at the higher levels using existing implementation before resorting to the design of new circuits at the lowest level.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1982
- Accession Number
- ADA118039
Entities
People
- Hobart S. Cable Ii
Organizations
- Air Force Institute of Technology