Optimization of high-speed VLSI interconnects

摘要

With the rapid increase in operating frequency in today's electronic systems such as computers and digital communication systems, VLSI interconnects become one of the critical issues in an overall system design, in recent years, research into the interconnect optimization problem has been very active, and several important progresses have been made. Recent advances in signal integrity oriented optimization of interconnects at different levels of electronics systems, are reviewed together with various optimization techniques with highlights on the large scale optimization oriented techniques. Macromodeling techniques and advanced formulations of interconnect optimizations featuring manufacturability oriented and multidisciplinary design objectives are also discussed.