Topics
Interconnect
Multipoint nets
Styles of wiring trees
Sized Steiner tree
Buffer insertion in wiring trees
Van Ginneken algorithm
Delay calculation
Recursive delay calculation
Modifying the tree
Crosstalk
Coupling and crosstalk
Crosstalk analysis
Coupling situations
Layer-to-layer coupling
Methodological solutions
Ground wires
Crosstalk and signal routing
Crosstalk routing example
Assumptions
Bad routing
Good routing
Crosstalk analysis, cont’d.
Power optimization
Glitching example
Glitching example behavior
Adder chain glitching
Explanation
Signal probabilities
Delay-independent probabilities
Delay-dependent probabilities
Power estimation tools
Factorization for low power
Factorization techniques
Layout for low power
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