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TACO: temperature aware clock-tree optimization


Abstract:

In this paper, an efficient linear time algorithm TACO is proposed for the first time to minimize the worst case clock skew in the presence of on-chip thermal variation. ...Show More

Abstract:

In this paper, an efficient linear time algorithm TACO is proposed for the first time to minimize the worst case clock skew in the presence of on-chip thermal variation. TACO, while tries to minimize the worst case clock skew, also attempts to minimize the clock tree wirelength by building up merging diamonds in a bottom-up manner. As an output, TACO provides balanced merging points and the modified clock routing paths to minimize the worst case clock skew under thermal variation. Experimental results on a set of standard benchmarks show 50-70% skew reduction with less than 0.6% wirelength overhead.
Date of Conference: 06-10 November 2005
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 19 December 2005
Print ISBN:0-7803-9254-X

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Conference Location: San Jose, CA, USA

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