Force-directed algorithms have been developed over the last 50 years and used in many
application fields, including information visualisation, biological network visualisation …

Modern microprocessors such as Intel's Pentium chip typically contain many millions of
transistors. They are known generically as Very Large-Scale Integrated (VLSI) systems, and …

Over the past decade there has been a dramatic change in the role played by design
automation for electronic systems. Ten years ago, integrated circuit (IC) designers were …

PHIDEO is a silicon compiler targeted at the design of high performance real time systems
with high sampling frequencies such as HDTV. It supports the complete design trajectory …

An approach to scheduling in high-level synthesis that meets timing constraints while
attempting to minimize hardware resource costs is described. The approach is based on a …

High-Level Synthesis for Real-Time Digital Signal Processing is a comprehensive reference
work for researchers and practicing ASIC design engineers. It focuses on methods for …

Operation scheduling (OS) is a fundamental problem in mapping an application to a
computational device. It takes a behavioral application specification and produces a …

This paper discusses improved force-directed scheduling and its application in the design of
high-throughput DSP systems, such as real-time video VLSL circuits. We present a …

This thesis is the result ofthe work I did on high leveland architectural synthesis. The work
started when I joined the Design Automation Beetion of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering …

Force-directed scheduling is a technique which schedules operations under time constraints
in order to achieve schedules with a minimum number of resources. The worst case time …