A large set of ASICs uses much more transistors than its necessity, as they use a library of
cells with a limited amount of logic functions. This small number of logic functions in a …

This paper describes a technique to compact cell layouts efficiently using Mixed-Integer
Linear Programming. By using binary variables we were able not only to model the …

While code understanding is the primary program comprehension activity, it is quite
challenging to recognize the application requirements from code, since they have usually …

An analysis of the state of art in asynchronous circuits reveals a lack of resources to support
their design. When asynchronous cell libraries appear in the literature, they often …

Asynchronous techniques are regaining relevance in the VLSI research community as they
allow increasing robustness against process variability considerably, by relaxing timing …

Integrated circuits implemented with traditional standard cell approaches use a limited set of
cells available in a library, created in advance, to generate its layout. It breaks complexity but …

For decades now, the synchronous paradigm has been the major choice of the industry for
building integrated circuits. Unfortunately, with the development of semiconductor industry …

This work presents a transistor sizing tool to optimize performance taking into account area
and power consumption in MOSFET and FinFET devices. The sizing tool is based on …

The digital integrated circuit implementation strategies in the microelectronics industry have
changed over the years considering the design costs. Hand design flows have been …

Graph-based methodologies for supergate design have gained relevance recently. Due to
the non-series-parallel arrangements and the transistor sharing technique, these …