| Verification by Error Modeling: Using Testing Techniques in Hardware Verification 2003 Edition Contributor(s): Radecka, Katarzyna (Author), Zilic, Zeljko (Author) |
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ISBN: 1441954023 ISBN-13: 9781441954022 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Electronics - Circuits - General - Computers | Logic Design - Technology & Engineering | Electrical |
| Dewey: 621.395 |
| Series: Frontiers in Electronic Testing |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.73 lbs) 216 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1. DESIGN FLOW Integrated circuit (IC) complexity is steadily increasing. ICs incorporating hundreds of millions of transistors, mega-bit memories, complicated pipelined structures, etc., are now in high demand. For example, Intel Itanium II processor contains more than 200 million transistors, including a 3 MB third level cache. A billion transistor IC was said to be "imminently doable" by Intel fellow J. Crawford at Microprocessor Forum in October 2002 40]. Obviously, designing such complex circuits poses real challenges to engineers. Certainly, no relief comes from the competitive marketplace, with increasing demands for a very narrow window of time (time-to-market) in engineering a ready product. Therefore, a systematic and well-structured approach to designing ICs is a must. Although there are no widely adhered standards for a design flow, most companies have their own established practices, which they follow closely for in-house design processes. In general, however, a typical product cycle includes few milestones. An idea for a new product starts usually from an - depth market analysis of customer needs. Once a window of opportunity is found, product requirements are carefully specified. Ideally, these parameters would not change during the design process. In practice, initial phases of preparing a design specification are susceptible to potential errors, as it is very difficult to grasp all the details in a complex design. |