The discipline of reverse engineering integrated circuits (ICs) is as old as the technology
itself. It grew out of the need to analyze competitor's products and detect possible IP …

This chapter presents both exact and heuristic two-level logic minimization algorithms. For
exact logic minimization, it shows various techniques to reduce the complexity of covering …

Asynchronous design styles have been increasing in popularity as device sizes shrink and
concurrency is exploited to increase system performance. However, asynchronous designs …

Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) are pre-fabricated silicon devices that can be
electrically programmed to become almost any kind of digital circuit or system [1]. FPGAs are …

Asynchronous circuit design has been a topic of study for over 40 years. Only recently has
this study turned to the practical issues of building useful CAD tool support that approaches …

Technology mapping is the crucial step in logic synthesis where technology dependent
optimizations take place. The matching phase of a technology mapping algorithm is …

Technology mapping transforms a technology independent logic network into gates
implemented in a technology library. This chapter focuses on the three phases of technology …

The reengineering of digital circuits is an increasingly important problem in design
automation. To effectively redesign a digital system, it must be completely described at a …

This dissertation presents an efficient method for technology-mapping of timed
asynchronous circuits. Technology-mapping combines the steps of decomposition …

With technology scaling reaching the fundamental limits of Si-CMOS in the near future, the
semiconductor industry is in quest for innovation from various disciplines of integrated circuit …