Ma, Qiang. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-80). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / Acknowledgement --- p.iv / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- Floorplanning --- p.2 / Chapter 1.3 --- Motivations --- p.4 / Chapter 1.4 --- Design Implementation of Voltage Islands --- p.5 / Chapter 1.5 --- Problem Formulation --- p.8 / Chapter 1.6 --- Progress on the Problem --- p.10 / Chapter 1.7 --- Contributions --- p.12 / Chapter 1.8 --- Thesis Organization --- p.14 / Chapter 2 --- Literature Review on MSV --- p.15 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.15 / Chapter 2.2 --- MSV at Post-floorplan/Post Placement Stage --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- """Post-Placement Voltage Island Generation under Performance Requirement""" --- p.16 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- """Post-Placement Voltage Island Generation""" --- p.18 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- """Timing-Constrained and Voltage-Island-Aware Voltage Assignment""" --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.4 --- """Voltage Island Generation under Performance Requirement for SoC Designs""" --- p.20 / Chapter 2.2.5 --- """An ILP Algorithm for Post-Floorplanning Voltage-Island Generation Considering Power-Network Planning""" --- p.21 / Chapter 2.3 --- MSV at Floorplan/Placement Stage --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- """Architecting Voltage Islands in Core-based System-on-a- Chip Designs""" --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- """Voltage Island Aware Floorplanning for Power and Timing Optimization""" --- p.23 / Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.27 / Chapter 3 --- MSV Driven Floorplanning --- p.29 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.29 / Chapter 3.2 --- Problem Formulation --- p.32 / Chapter 3.3 --- Algorithm Overview --- p.33 / Chapter 3.4 --- Optimal Island Partitioning and Voltage Assignment --- p.33 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Voltage Islands in Non-subtrees --- p.35 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Proof of Optimality --- p.36 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Handling Island with Power Down Mode --- p.37 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Speedup in Implementation and Complexity --- p.38 / Chapter 3.4.5 --- Varying Background Chip-level Voltage --- p.39 / Chapter 3.5 --- Simulated Annealing --- p.39 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Moves --- p.39 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Cost Function --- p.40 / Chapter 3.6 --- Experimental Results --- p.40 / Chapter 3.6.1 --- Extension to Minimize Level Shifters --- p.45 / Chapter 3.6.2 --- Extension to Consider Power Network Routing --- p.46 / Chapter 3.7 --- Summary --- p.46 / Chapter 4 --- MSV Driven Floorplanning with Timing --- p.49 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.49 / Chapter 4.2 --- Problem Formulation --- p.52 / Chapter 4.3 --- Algorithm Overview --- p.56 / Chapter 4.4 --- Voltage Assignment Problem --- p.56 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Lagrangian Relaxation --- p.58 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Transformation into the Primal Minimum Cost Flow Problem --- p.60 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Cost-Scaling Algorithm --- p.64 / Chapter 4.4.4 --- Solution Transformation --- p.66 / Chapter 4.5 --- Simulated Annealing --- p.69 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Moves --- p.69 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Speeding up heuristic --- p.69 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Cost Function --- p.70 / Chapter 4.5.4 --- Annealing Schedule --- p.71 / Chapter 4.6 --- Experimental Results --- p.71 / Chapter 4.7 --- Summary --- p.72 / Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.76 / Bibliography --- p.80
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326568 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Contributors | Ma, Qiang., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Computer Science and Engineering. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, x, 80 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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