Metrics of energy, area, and time are defined for a graph-theoretic model of VLSI computation. A number of "technological constant factors" are introduced in order to take into account the effects of using different technologies for implementing logic circuits. Different constant factors are seen to be appropriate for different logic families. We examine seven such families: NMOS, CMOS, CMOS-SOS, I(squared)L, GaAs HEMT, Jj-CIL, and Jj-CS.
Title
On Estimating the Performance of VLSI Circuits
Published
1983-09-01
Full Collection Name
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences Technical Reports
Other Identifiers
CSD-83-138
Type
Text
Extent
18 p
Archive
The Engineering Library
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