ACM-SIGDA
Interconnect Extraction, Power Distribution, and Hierarchical Design
Multimedia Monograph Series, Volume 9
Based on presentations from ICCAD-2001
San Jose, California
November 2001
Edited by Massoud Pedram, University of Southern California
Table of Contents
Interconnect Analysis and Extraction.
Based on Session 9D of ICCAD-2001.
Moderators: Dennis M. Sylvester, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Model Reduction of Variable-Geometry Interconnects Using Variational Spectrally-Weighted Balanced Truncation.
Authors: Payam Heydari and Massoud Pedram, University of Southern California.
Improving the Robustness of a Surface Integral Formulation for Wideband Impendance Extraction of 3D Structures.
Authors: Zhenhai Zhu, Jingfang Huang, Ben Song, and Jacob White
Practical Considerations in RLCK Crosstalk Analysis for Digital Integrated Circuits.
Authors: Steven C. Chan, and K. L. Shepard
Embedded Tutorial: IC Power Distribution Challenges.
Based on Session 10C of ICCAD-2001.
Moderators: Farid Najm, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
IC Power Distribution Challenges.
Authors: Sudhakar Bobba, Tyler Thorp, Kathirgamar Aingaran, and Dean Liu.
Challenges in Power-Ground Integrity.
Authors: Shen Lin and Norman Chang. Apache Design Solutions, Inc. Palo Alto, CA.
Panel: Automatic Hierarchical Design: Fantasy or Reality?
Based on Session 11A of ICCAD-2001.
Moderators: Rob A. Rutenbar - Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
Introductory Remarks by Rob A. Rutenbar
Introductory Remarks by Panelists:
Scott Peterson, Director Silicon Optimization, LSI Logic
Patrick Groeneveld, MAGMA Design Automation, Cupertino, CA
Vivek Raghavan, Avant! Corporation, Fremont, CA
Olivier Coudert – Monterey Design Systems, Inc. Sunnyvale, CA
Naresh Soni – ST Microelectronics, Inc., San Diego, CA.
Juergen Koehl – IBM Microelectronics, Essex Junction, VT
Panel Discussion