An integrated CAD system for algorithm-specific IC design
- 1 April 1991
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
- Vol. 10 (4) , 447-463
- https://doi.org/10.1109/43.75628
Abstract
LAGER is an integrated computer-aided design system for algorithm-specific integrated circuit design, targeted at applications such as speech processing, image processing, telecommunications, and robot control. LAGER provides user interfaces at behavioral, structural, and physical levels and allows easy integration of novel CAD tools. LAGER consists of a behavioral mapper and a silicon assembler. The behavioral mapper maps the behavior onto a parameterized structure to produce microcode and parameter values. The silicon assembler then translates the filled-out structural description into a physical layout, and, with the aid of simulation tools, the user can fine tune the data path by iterating this process. The silicon assembler can also be used without the behavioral mapper for high-sample-rate applications. A number of algorithm-specific ICs designed with LAGER have been fabricated and tested, and as examples, a robot arm controller chip and a real-time image segmentation chip are describedKeywords
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