Circuit Realization At Faster Timescales (CRAFT)*
Abstract
*Formerly Diamond Enhanced Devices (DiamEnD) High performance electronics are at the heart of most modern military systems. Today, when selecting the electronics for advanced systems, DoD programs must choose between a high performing, custom integrated circuit that takes years to design, or a significantly lower performing general purpose integrated circuit that can be designed in a few months. The tradeoff between performance and time has placed the DoD in an undesirable state. The Circuit Realization At Faster Timescales (CRAFT) Program will break this paradigm by developing a custom integrated circuit design flow and methodology that will drastically reduce the amount of effort required to design a custom integrated circuit by 10 times while preserving high performance. CRAFT will enable critical DoD electronic system needs by reducing the barrier to the design and fabrication of custom integrated circuits in leading-edge CMOS technology. The CRAFT program will investigate novel design flows that utilize recent advances in software development methodology to reduce the amount of required design time. The goal will be a reduction in the manual labor required for verification by automating much of the design tasks with automated generators. In addition, CRAFT will explore increasing the level of design reuse and the flexibility of transferring a design from one foundry to another as well as migrating from one foundry technology to a more advanced technology.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2017
- Source ID
- dcc43c10e73f51f4321da1dfd277fc96
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