Practical algorithm for retiming level-clocked circuits

Naresh Maheshwari, Sachin S. Sapatnekar

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Abstract

A new approach for fast retiming of level-clocked circuits is presented here. The method relies on the relation between clock skew and retiming, and computes the optimal skew solution to translate it to a retiming. Since clock skew optimization operates on the latches (rather than the gates as in conventional retiming), it is much faster because of a smaller problem size; the translation to the retiming solution is computationally cheap. The minimum period retiming for each of the ISCAS89 circuits was obtained within minutes by this algorithm.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages440-445
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 1996
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD'96 - Austin, TX, USA
Duration: Oct 7 1996Oct 9 1996

Other

OtherProceedings of the 1996 International Conference on Computer Design, ICCD'96
CityAustin, TX, USA
Period10/7/9610/9/96

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