Optimal wire-sizing formula under the Elmore delay model

Chung-Ping Chen, Yao-Ping Chen, D. F. Wong

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider non-uniform wire-sizing. Given a wire segment of length ℓ, let f(x) be the width of the wire at position x, 0≤x≤ℓ. We show that the optimal wire-sizing function that minimizes the Elmore delay through the wire is f(x) = ae-bx, where a>0 and b>0 are constants that can be computed in O(1) time. In the case where lower bound (L>0) and upper bound (U>0) on the wire widths are given, we show that the optimal wire-sizing function f(x) is a truncated version of ae-bx that can also be determined in O(1) time. Our wire-sizing formula can be iteratively applied to optimally size the wire segments in a routing tree.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication33rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference - Proceedings 1996
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Pages487-490
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9780897917797, 0780332946
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 1996
Event33rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC 1996 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 3 Jun 19967 Jun 1996
https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/240518 (Link to conference proceedings)
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/3826/proceeding

Publication series

NameACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference - Proceedings

Conference

Conference33rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference, DAC 1996
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period3/06/967/06/96
Internet address

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Control and Systems Engineering

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