Careful design and verification of the power distribution network of a chip are of critical
importance to ensure its reliable performance. With the increasing number of transistors on a …

Design for Manufacturability and Statistical Design: A Constructive Approach provides a
thorough treatment of the causes of variability, methods for statistical data characterization …

Benchmarks are an immensely useful tool in performing research since they allow for rapid
and clear comparison between different approaches to solving CAD problems. Recent …

Modern submicron very large scale integration designs include huge power grids that are
required to distribute large amounts of current, at increasingly lower voltages. The resulting …

Leakage power is emerging as a key design challenge in current and future CMOS designs.
Since leakage is critically dependent on operating temperature and power supply, we …

Over the years, the fundamentals of VLSI technology have evolved to include a wide range
of topics and a broad range of practices. To encompass such a vast amount of knowledge …

System and method for validating distribution network configuration changes in a client
environment are disclosed. The system residing on a client device detects network …

In this paper, we propose preconditioned Krylov-subspace iterative methods to perform
efficient DC and transient simulations for large-scale linear circuits with an emphasis on …

This paper analyzes the impact of power-supply noise on the performance of high-frequency
microprocessors. First, delay models that take this noise into account are proposed for …

This paper presents a class of power grid analyzers based on a random-walk technique. A
generic algorithm is first demonstrated for dc analysis, with linear runtime and the desirable …