Slack Budgeting And Slack To Length Converting For Multi-Bit Flip-Flop Merging
DATE '13: Proceedings of the Conference on Design, Automation and Test in Europe(2013)
摘要
In this paper we propose a flexible slack budgeting approach for post-placement multi-bit flip-flop (MBFF) merging. Our approach considers existing wiring topology and flip-flop delay changes for achieving more accurate slack budgeting. Besides, we propose a slack-to-length converting approach to translating timing slack into equivalent wire length for simplifying a merging process. We also develop a merging method to evaluate our slack budgeting approach. Our slack budgeting and MBFF merging programs are fully integrated into an industrial design flow. Experimental results show that our approach on average achieves 3.4% area saving, 50% clock tree power saving, and 5.3% total power saving.
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Multi-bit flip-flop,slack budgeting,low power
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