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Article: 5700
Subject: Re: Xilinx 4002 RAM Question
From: daveb@iinet.net.au_spam_trap (David R Brooks)
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 1997 08:02:36 GMT
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L3ZHANG@ELECOM2.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (Louis Zhang) wrote:

:HI,
:
:Xilinx 4002 series have internal RAMs inside, but I understand
:these RAMs are asynchronous.  For some reason, we need a
:16x8 Synchronous RAM for our course project.  We were just
:wondering if Xilinx 4002 has an internal synchronous RAM.
:
[snip]
 If by "synchronous" you mean edge-triggered, look at the XC4kE series
parts. They offer exactly that: edge-triggered RAM blocks.



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Article: 5701
Subject: Re: Reverse Engineering FPGAs
From: Geoffrey Bostock <geoff.bostock@zetnet.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 16:30:04 GMT
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In message <01bc29b0$14991190$2ef65ecf@drt1>
        "Austin Franklin" <#darkroom@ix.netcom.com#> writes: 


> I don't understand what you mean by this.  An FPGA that is programmed from
> a serial prom, or even downloaded from a processor, still has a digital bit
> stream, that *is* the entire design.  It is so easy to just hook up a logic
> analyzer and 'capture' the bit stream.

.
.
.

> Thanks,

> Austin Franklin
> darkroom@ix.netcom.com

Surely what he means is that although you can capture the bitstream 
and replicate the design you cannot work back to the original logic 
design unless you know how the bitstream actually configures the 
FPGA.  You can make a 'Chinese copy' of the system but you cannot do 
anything else with it because you haven't got the full design.  If 
you just want to rip something off its no problem, but that is a bit 
dangerous if you don't understand what is happening inside the 
system, and you cannot make any 'improvements'.

I still agree that pre-programmed parts, especially anti-fuse, are safer.

Geoff Bostock








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Article: 5702
Subject: ISPD-97 (final week for early registration)
From: ispd97@cs.virginia.edu (1997 International Symposium on Physical Design)
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 22:31:53 GMT
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             (DEADLINE for early registration is March 14)

                             ADVANCE PROGRAM

                1997 International Symposium on Physical Design
                Embassy Suites at Napa Valley, Napa, California
                            April 14--16, 1997

                     http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~ispd97/

The International Symposium on Physical Design provides a new and high-quality 
forum for the exchange of ideas and results in critical areas related to the 
physical design of VLSI systems.  The Symposium  is an outgrowth of the 
ACM/SIGDA Physical Design Workshops held during the years 1987-1996. Its scope 
includes all aspects of physical design, from interactions with behavior-
and logic-level synthesis, to back-end performance analysis and verification.   
 
This year's inaugural Symposium focuses on the challenges of high-performance 
deep-submicron design, as well as the necessary interactions between physical 
design and higher-level synthesis tasks.  An outstanding slate  of  technical 
papers has been selected for oral and poster presentation. These developments
are complemented by invited presentations that set  forth  the  contexts  and 
visions for key areas  --  process technology, system  architecture,  circuit 
design and design methodology  --  with an emphasis on their implications for 
relevant R&D in physical design.  The Symposium concludes with a panel of 
leading experts who each present their unique perspectives as to the critical 
R&D needs of the field.

%%==========================================================================%%
%%                           Monday, April 14                               %%
%%==========================================================================%%

0830-0840   Chairs' Welcome
   A. B. Kahng and M. Sarrafzadeh

0840-1010   Keynote Address

  * Physical Design: Past and Future, T. C. Hu (UCSD), E. S. Kuh (UCB)

1010-1030   Break 

1030-1230   Session 1: Placement and Partitioning

            Chairs: D. Hill (Synopsys) 
                    J. Frankle (Aristo Technology)
    
  * Faster Minimization of Linear Wirelength for Global Placement, 
    C. J. Alpert, T. Chan, D. J. Huang, A. B. Kahng, I. Markov, P. Mulet, 
    K. Yan (UCLA, Cadence and IBM)
      
  * Network Flow Based Multi-Way Partitioning with Area and Pin Constraints, 
    H. Liu, D. F. Wong (UT-Austin)
    
  * Partitioning-Based Standard-Cell Global Placement with An Exact Objective, 
    D. J. Huang, A. B. Kahng (UCLA and Cadence)
    
  * VLSI/PCB Placement with Obstacles Based on Sequence Pair, 
    H. Murata, K. Fujiyoshi, M. Kaneko (JAIST and Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)

1230--1430   Lunch   (Speaker)

  * The Quarter Micron Challenge: Integrating Physical and Logic Design
    R. Camposano (Synopsys)

1430--1600   Session 2: Synthesis and Layout

             Chairs: R. Camposano (Synopsys) 
             C. Sechen (Washington)

  * Timing Driven Placement in Interaction with Netlist Transformations, 
    G. Stenz, B. R. Riess, B. Rohfleisch, F. M. Johannes (TU-Munich)
    
  * Regular Layout Generation of Logically Optimized Datapaths, 
    R.X.T. Nijssen, C.A.J. van Eijk (TU-Eindhoven)
    
  * Minimizing Interconnect Energy Through Integrated Low-Power Placement 
    and Combinational Logic Synthesis, 
    G. Holt, A. Tyagi (Iowa State)
    
1600--1630   Break 

1630--1830   Session 3: Contexts (Invited)

  * Design Technology Trends Based on NTRS Evolution, 
    P. Verhofstadt, C. D'Angelo (SRC)
                       
  * Microprocessor Architecture, Circuit, and Physical Design Trends, 
    R. Panwar (Sun)
    
1900--2100   Dinner   (Speaker)

  * Lithography and Dimensional Trends for Future Processes -- Implications 
    for Physical Design
    P. K. Vasudev (Sematech)

%%==========================================================================%%
%%                          Tuesday, April 15                               %%
%%==========================================================================%%

0830--1000   Session 4: Routing

             Chairs: C. L. Liu (Illinois) 
                     D. F. Wong (UT-Austin)

  * On Two-Step Routing for FPGAs, 
    G. G. Lemieux, S. D. Brown, D. Vranesic (Toronto)
    
  * A Simple and Effective Greedy Multilayer Router for MCMs, 
    Y.-J. Cha (Electronic & Telecomm Research Institute),
     C. S. Rim (Sogang U.), K. Nakajima (Maryland)
    
  * Performance Driven Global Routing for Standard Cells, 
    J. Cong and P. Madden (UCLA)
    
1000--1030   Break 

1030--1200   Session 5: Steiner Tree Constructions

             Chairs: M. Marek-Sadowska (UCSB)
                     N. Sherwani (Intel)

  * Min-Cost Flow based Min-Cost Rectilinear Steiner Distance-Preserving 
    Tree Construction, 
    J. D. Cho (SungKyunKwan)
    
  * Efficient Heuristics for the Minimum Shortest Path Steiner Arborescence 
    Problem with Applications to VLSI Physical Design, 
    J. Cong, A. B. Kahng, K.-S. Leung (UCLA and Cadence)
    
  * Provably Good Routing Tree Construction with Multi-Port Terminals, 
    C. Bateman, C. S. Helvig, G. Robins, A. Zelikovsky (Virginia)
    
1200--1330   Lunch

1330--1500   Session 6: Back-End Design Methodology 

             Chairs: E. Yoffa (IBM) 
                     M. Weisel (Intel)

  * A Roadmap of CAD Tool Changes for Sub-Micron Interconnect Problems, 
    L. Scheffer (Cadence)
    
  * C5M - A Control Logic Layout Synthesis System for High-performance 
    Microprocessors, 
    J. Burns, J. Feldman (IBM)
    
  * A VLSI Artwork Legalization Technique Based on a New Criterion of 
    Minimum Layout Perturbation, 
    F.-L. Heng, Z. Chen, G. E. Tellez (IBM)
     
    
1500--1545   Session 7: Poster Presentations

             Chairs: G. Robins (Virginia)
                     J. D. Cho (SungKyunKwan)

  * A Pseudo-Hierarchical Methodology for High Performance 
    Microprocessor Design, 
    A. Bertolet, K. Carpenter, K. Carrig, A. Chu, A. Dean, F. Ferraiolo, 
    S. Kenyon, D. Phan, J. Petrovick, G. Rodgers, D. Willmott (IBM); 
    T. Bairley, T. Decker, V. Girardi, Y. Lapid, M. Murphy, P. A. Scott, 
    R. Weiss (Cadence)
    
  * Concurrent Transistor Sizing and Buffer Insertion by Considering 
    Cost-Delay Tradeoffs, 
    J. Kim, C. Bamji (Cadence); Y. Jiang, S. Sapatnekar (Iowa State)
     
  * Towards a New Benchmarking Paradigm in EDA, 
    N. Kapur, D. Ghosh, F. Brglez (NCSU)
    
  * How Good are Slicing Floorplans?, 
    F. Y. Young, D. F. Wong (UT-Austin)
    
  * Slicibility of Rectangular Graphs and Floorplan Optimization, 
    P. DasGupta, S. Sur-kolay (Indian Institute of Management)
    
  * Power Optimization for FPGA Look-Up Tables, 
    M. J. Alexander (Washington State)
     
  * A Matrix Synthesis Approach to Thermal Placement, 
    C. C.-N. Chu, D. F. Wong (UT-Austin)

  * Preserving HDL Synthesis Hierarchy for Cell Placement
    Y.-W. Tsay, W.-J. Fang, A. C.-H. Wu and Y.-L. Lin (Tsing Hua)


1545--1715   Session 8: Poster Session

    Authors display and discuss one-on-one the posters presented in Poster 
    Presentation session.

1900--2200   Banquet

%%==========================================================================%%
%%                          Wednesday, April 16                             %%
%%==========================================================================%%

0830--1000   Session 9: Performance Optimization

             Chairs: W. W.-M. Dai (UCSC)
                     L. Jones (Motorola)

  * EWA: Exact Wire Sizing Algorithm, 
    R. Kay, G. Bucheuv, L. Pileggi (CMU)
    
  * Minimization of Chip Size and Power Consumption of High Speed VLSI Buffers,
    D. Zhou, X. Y. Liu, X. L. Wang (UNC-Charlotte)
    
  * Closed Form Solution to Simultaneous Buffer Insertion/Sizing and 
    Wire Sizing, 
    C. C.-N. Chu, D. F. Wong (UT-Austin)
    
1000--1030   Break 

1030--1230   Session 10: Design Methodology Futures (Invited)

  * Chip Hierarchical Design System (CHDS):  A Foundation for Timing-Driven  
    Physical Design into the 21st Century}

    R. G. Bushroe (Sematech/HP), S. DasGupta (IBM), R. Steele (Sematech/Intel)
    
  * Physical Design 2010:  Back to the Future?
    A. R. Newton (UCB)
    
1230--1430 Lunch (Speaker)
    
  * Physical Design Realities for Digital's StrongARM and Alpha Microprocessors
    W. J. Grundmann (DEC)

1430--1700   Session 11: Core Directions (or, Do The Right Thing) (Invited)
                 
  * Physical Design Challenges of Performance
    D. P. LaPotin (IBM Austin Research Lab)

  * Panel: Physical Design R&D:  What's Missing?

      Moderator: G. Smith (Dataquest)
      
      W. W.-M. Dai (UCSC)
      E. Hsieh (Avant!)
      M. Hunt (Cadence)
      K. Keutzer (Synopsys)
      D. P. LaPotin (IBM Austin Research Lab)
      N. Sherwani (Intel Hillsboro)
    
1700   Symposium Closes
    
%%==========================================================================%%
%%                          Symposium Organization                          %%
%%==========================================================================%%

General Chair: A. B. Kahng (UCLA and Cadence)
Past Chair: G. Robins  (Virginia) 
Steering Committee:
   J. P. Cohoon  (Virginia),
   S. DasGupta (IBM), 
   S.-M. Kang (Illinois),
   B. Preas (Xerox PARC)

Technical Program Chair: M. Sarrafzadeh (Northwestern)
Technical Program Committee:
   C.-K. Cheng (UCSD), 
   W. W.-M. Dai (UCSC), 
   J. Frankle (Aristo Technology), 
   D. D. Hill (Synopsys), 
   J. A. G. Jess (Eindhoven), 
   L. Jones (Motorola), 
   Y.-L. Lin (Tsing Hua), 
   C. L. Liu (Illinois), 
   M. Marek-Sadowska (UCSB), 
   C. Sechen (Washington), 
   K. Takamizawa (NEC), 
   M. Wiesel (Intel), 
   D. F. Wong (UT-Austin), 
   E. Yoffa (IBM)
 
Publicity Chair: M. J. Alexander (Washington State)
Local Arrangements Chair: J. Lillis (UCB) 
Treasurer: S. B. Souvannavong

Sponsors:
   ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation, in cooperation with
   IEEE Circuits and Systems Society

Additional Support From:
   Avant! Corporation, 
   Cadence Design Systems, Inc., 
   Intel Corporation, 
   Synopsys Inc., and the 
   U. S. National Science Foundation.

%%==========================================================================%%
%%                   Hotel Accommodations and Travel                        %%
%%==========================================================================%%

ISPD-97 is being held at the Embassy Suites at Napa Valley (formerly the 
Inn at Napa Valley) in Napa, California.  The hotel is located 55 miles north 
of San Francisco, CA in the beautiful Napa Valley.  Evans Airport Service 
provides daily service between Embassy Suites at Napa Valley and San Francisco 
International Airport (SFO) approximately every two hours.  On Saturdays and 
Sundays, the first departure from SFO is at 8:15am.  A one-way fare is $18.00, 
and advance reservations are required.  Phone 1-707-255-1559 or 
FAX 1-707-255-0753.  The Embassy Suites at Napa Valley is located at: 

   1075 California Boulevard 
   Napa, CA 94559 
   Phone: 1-707-253-9540 
   Fax: 1-707-253-9292 
   Hotel Reservations: 1-800-362-2779 
         (Central Embassy Suites reservation service.)
   
A block of rooms is being held for the nights of Sunday through Wednesday 
(April 13 through April 16).  Room rates are $105 per night for single or 
double occupancy.  Any individual cancellations within 48 hours from the 
date of arrival will be billed for (1) night's stay, plus tax.

        +---------------------------------------------------------+
        |  Please make room reservations directly with the hotel  |
        |  at 1-800-362-2779, mentioning ``GROUP CODE ACM''.      |
        +---------------------------------------------------------+

The number of rooms available at this rate is limited, and are only being 
held through March 14. Early room reservation is highly recommended.  
For attendees wishing to stay over Friday and Saturday night, a special rate 
of $129 per night, subject to room availablity, has been arranged for 
April 11--12 and April 17--19.

%%==========================================================================%%
%%                   ISPD-97 Advance Registration Form                      %%
%%==========================================================================%%

Name: _______________________________________________________

Company/University: _________________________________________

Responsibility/Title: _______________________________________

Address: ____________________________________________________

City: _______________________________ State: ________________

Country: ______________________ Postal Code: ________________

Phone: ________________________ Fax: ________________________

Email: ______________________________________________________

Food Choices:
      [  ] Vegetarian meals only 
      [  ] Swordfish or [  ] Filet Mignon (Monday dinner)

                        Advance               Late 
                   (Through March 14)    (After March 14) 
ACM/IEEE Members       [  ]   $350           [  ] $425 
Non-Members            [  ]   $425           [  ] $500 
Full-Time Students     [  ]   $175           [  ] $225

Student ID is required if registering as a student.

ACM or IEEE Member No. _____________________________

Registration fee includes meals and Banquet.  A limited number of
additional Banquet tickets are available.

      _______ Extra Banquet tickets at $50/each.

Payment may be submitted via personal or company check in US funds only and
drawn on a US bank, made payable to ``ACM/1997 International Symposium on 
Physical Design''.  Payment may also be made with credit card (circle): 

         Mastercard             Visa             American Express 

Credit Card # _______________________________________________

Expiration Date: ______________ Total Payment: ______________

Name as it appears on credit card: __________________________

Signature: ___________________________ Date: ________________

Please mail or FAX (credit card only) your completed registration form to:

   ISPD-97 Symposium Registration 
   Sally Souvannavong, Treasurer 
   P.O. Box 395 
   Pullman, WA 99163-0395 
   
   FAX: 1-509-335-3818 

Email registration will not be accepted.  Cancellations must be in writing 
and must be received by March 31, 1997.  Questions concerning symposium 
registration should be directed to Sally Souvannavong at 1-509-334-3162, 
Email: ispd97@eecs.wsu.edu. 

%%==========================================================================%%
%%                      Additional Information                              %%
%%==========================================================================%%

Check in at Your Convenience:
The symposium registration desk will be open from 4pm to 6pm on Sunday,
April 13th.  On Monday, the registration desk will open at 7:30am and 
will remain open until 5:00pm.

Experience Springtime in Napa Valley:
Napa Valley weather is very pleasant in April, with an average high temperature
of 78 degrees F and low of 64 degrees F.  Attractions include world-famous 
wineries offering daily tours, golf and outdoor-recreation facilities, and 
easy access to Marine World--Africa USA.  Contact the Napa Valley Tourist 
Bureau (1-800-523-4353) or Visitors Bureau (1-707-226-7459), or visit the 
following websites for additional information: 

   ISPD-97 Website -- http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~ispd97/
   Napa Valley Virtual Visit -- http://www.napavalley.com/cgi-bin/home.o
   Conference and Visitors Bureau -- http://www.napavalley.com/nvcvb.html

Driving Directions from East Bay:
Take Hwy 80 to Hwy 37 west, 2 miles to Hwy 29 north, 12 miles to 1st Street
exit to California Boulevard (first left turn off freeway).

Driving Directions from San Francisco:
Take Hwy 101 to Hwy 37 east, 7 miles to Hwy 121 north, then east 15 miles 
to Hwy 29 north, 2 miles to 1st Street exit to California Boulevard
(first left turn off freeway). 


Article: 5703
Subject: ISPD-97 (final week for early registration)
From: ispd97@eecs.wsu.edu (ACM/PDW Treasurer)
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 1997 22:42:42 GMT
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             (DEADLINE for early registration is March 14)

                             ADVANCE PROGRAM

                1997 International Symposium on Physical Design
                Embassy Suites at Napa Valley, Napa, California
                            April 14--16, 1997

                     http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~ispd97/

The International Symposium on Physical Design provides a new and high-quality 
forum for the exchange of ideas and results in critical areas related to the 
physical design of VLSI systems.  The Symposium  is an outgrowth of the 
ACM/SIGDA Physical Design Workshops held during the years 1987-1996. Its scope 
includes all aspects of physical design, from interactions with behavior-
and logic-level synthesis, to back-end performance analysis and verification.   
 
This year's inaugural Symposium focuses on the challenges of high-performance 
deep-submicron design, as well as the necessary interactions between physical 
design and higher-level synthesis tasks.  An outstanding slate  of  technical 
papers has been selected for oral and poster presentation. These developments
are complemented by invited presentations that set  forth  the  contexts  and 
visions for key areas  --  process technology, system  architecture,  circuit 
design and design methodology  --  with an emphasis on their implications for 
relevant R&D in physical design.  The Symposium concludes with a panel of 
leading experts who each present their unique perspectives as to the critical 
R&D needs of the field.

%%==========================================================================%%
%%                           Monday, April 14                               %%
%%==========================================================================%%

0830-0840   Chairs' Welcome
   A. B. Kahng and M. Sarrafzadeh

0840-1010   Keynote Address

  * Physical Design: Past and Future, T. C. Hu (UCSD), E. S. Kuh (UCB)

1010-1030   Break 

1030-1230   Session 1: Placement and Partitioning

            Chairs: D. Hill (Synopsys) 
                    J. Frankle (Aristo Technology)
    
  * Faster Minimization of Linear Wirelength for Global Placement, 
    C. J. Alpert, T. Chan, D. J. Huang, A. B. Kahng, I. Markov, P. Mulet, 
    K. Yan (UCLA, Cadence and IBM)
      
  * Network Flow Based Multi-Way Partitioning with Area and Pin Constraints, 
    H. Liu, D. F. Wong (UT-Austin)
    
  * Partitioning-Based Standard-Cell Global Placement with An Exact Objective, 
    D. J. Huang, A. B. Kahng (UCLA and Cadence)
    
  * VLSI/PCB Placement with Obstacles Based on Sequence Pair, 
    H. Murata, K. Fujiyoshi, M. Kaneko (JAIST and Tokyo Inst. of Tech.)

1230--1430   Lunch   (Speaker)

  * The Quarter Micron Challenge: Integrating Physical and Logic Design
    R. Camposano (Synopsys)

1430--1600   Session 2: Synthesis and Layout

             Chairs: R. Camposano (Synopsys) 
             C. Sechen (Washington)

  * Timing Driven Placement in Interaction with Netlist Transformations, 
    G. Stenz, B. R. Riess, B. Rohfleisch, F. M. Johannes (TU-Munich)
    
  * Regular Layout Generation of Logically Optimized Datapaths, 
    R.X.T. Nijssen, C.A.J. van Eijk (TU-Eindhoven)
    
  * Minimizing Interconnect Energy Through Integrated Low-Power Placement 
    and Combinational Logic Synthesis, 
    G. Holt, A. Tyagi (Iowa State)
    
1600--1630   Break 

1630--1830   Session 3: Contexts (Invited)

  * Design Technology Trends Based on NTRS Evolution, 
    P. Verhofstadt, C. D'Angelo (SRC)
                       
  * Microprocessor Architecture, Circuit, and Physical Design Trends, 
    R. Panwar (Sun)
    
1900--2100   Dinner   (Speaker)

  * Lithography and Dimensional Trends for Future Processes -- Implications 
    for Physical Design
    P. K. Vasudev (Sematech)

%%==========================================================================%%
%%                          Tuesday, April 15                               %%
%%==========================================================================%%

0830--1000   Session 4: Routing

             Chairs: C. L. Liu (Illinois) 
                     D. F. Wong (UT-Austin)

  * On Two-Step Routing for FPGAs, 
    G. G. Lemieux, S. D. Brown, D. Vranesic (Toronto)
    
  * A Simple and Effective Greedy Multilayer Router for MCMs, 
    Y.-J. Cha (Electronic & Telecomm Research Institute),
     C. S. Rim (Sogang U.), K. Nakajima (Maryland)
    
  * Performance Driven Global Routing for Standard Cells, 
    J. Cong and P. Madden (UCLA)
    
1000--1030   Break 

1030--1200   Session 5: Steiner Tree Constructions

             Chairs: M. Marek-Sadowska (UCSB)
                     N. Sherwani (Intel)

  * Min-Cost Flow based Min-Cost Rectilinear Steiner Distance-Preserving 
    Tree Construction, 
    J. D. Cho (SungKyunKwan)
    
  * Efficient Heuristics for the Minimum Shortest Path Steiner Arborescence 
    Problem with Applications to VLSI Physical Design, 
    J. Cong, A. B. Kahng, K.-S. Leung (UCLA and Cadence)
    
  * Provably Good Routing Tree Construction with Multi-Port Terminals, 
    C. Bateman, C. S. Helvig, G. Robins, A. Zelikovsky (Virginia)
    
1200--1330   Lunch

1330--1500   Session 6: Back-End Design Methodology 

             Chairs: E. Yoffa (IBM) 
                     M. Weisel (Intel)

  * A Roadmap of CAD Tool Changes for Sub-Micron Interconnect Problems, 
    L. Scheffer (Cadence)
    
  * C5M - A Control Logic Layout Synthesis System for High-performance 
    Microprocessors, 
    J. Burns, J. Feldman (IBM)
    
  * A VLSI Artwork Legalization Technique Based on a New Criterion of 
    Minimum Layout Perturbation, 
    F.-L. Heng, Z. Chen, G. E. Tellez (IBM)
     
    
1500--1545   Session 7: Poster Presentations

             Chairs: G. Robins (Virginia)
                     J. D. Cho (SungKyunKwan)

  * A Pseudo-Hierarchical Methodology for High Performance 
    Microprocessor Design, 
    A. Bertolet, K. Carpenter, K. Carrig, A. Chu, A. Dean, F. Ferraiolo, 
    S. Kenyon, D. Phan, J. Petrovick, G. Rodgers, D. Willmott (IBM); 
    T. Bairley, T. Decker, V. Girardi, Y. Lapid, M. Murphy, P. A. Scott, 
    R. Weiss (Cadence)
    
  * Concurrent Transistor Sizing and Buffer Insertion by Considering 
    Cost-Delay Tradeoffs, 
    J. Kim, C. Bamji (Cadence); Y. Jiang, S. Sapatnekar (Iowa State)
     
  * Towards a New Benchmarking Paradigm in EDA, 
    N. Kapur, D. Ghosh, F. Brglez (NCSU)
    
  * How Good are Slicing Floorplans?, 
    F. Y. Young, D. F. Wong (UT-Austin)
    
  * Slicibility of Rectangular Graphs and Floorplan Optimization, 
    P. DasGupta, S. Sur-kolay (Indian Institute of Management)
    
  * Power Optimization for FPGA Look-Up Tables, 
    M. J. Alexander (Washington State)
     
  * A Matrix Synthesis Approach to Thermal Placement, 
    C. C.-N. Chu, D. F. Wong (UT-Austin)

  * Preserving HDL Synthesis Hierarchy for Cell Placement
    Y.-W. Tsay, W.-J. Fang, A. C.-H. Wu and Y.-L. Lin (Tsing Hua)


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Article: 5704
Subject: Xil FPGA: Usage of Multi-purpose pins as I/O
From: stuart.summerville@practel.com.au (Stuart Summerville)
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 01:26:22 GMT
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Hi there all,

I am trying to fit a current design into an XC5204-160PQ.  I am
curious as to how much other designers utilise the I/O capabilities of
pins used in the configuration sequence of such devices.

The most obvious example is the M[2:0] pins used to set the
configuration mode of the device. I can see ways of allowing a fixed
set of inputs to these pins during configuration and then other
inputs/outputs can be switched in afterwards, but this seems a rather
desperate & time consuming option. 

My second problem is how other configuration pins behave when disabled
during bootup. Presumably setting the DOUT pin as an input pin (it
doubles as an I/O)  will cause problems if the circuitry driving this
input isn't disabled during config.

so far I have managed to restrict usage of I/O pins to dedicated I/O
pins, but I'm not really sure how far I should go in also using the
multi-purpose ones.

Thanks for any advice.

Stu.
---------------------------------------------
Stuart Summerville      
Project Engineer         
Practel International
442 Torrens Road, Kilkenny, SA 5009
Tel: (61.8) 8268 2196  Fax: (61.8) 8268 2882
Email: stuart.summerville@practel.com.au  
---------------------------------------------
Article: 5705
Subject: Re: Reverse Engineering FPGAs
From: szamos@pacifier.com (szamos)
Date: 9 Mar 1997 08:29:56 GMT
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Eric Dellinger (ericd@xilinx.com) wrote:
: 
: [I had written a lengthy posting espousing my
: personal philosophy that Xilinx should provide
: freeware for programming the parts,

Do you mean the software just to download the config data into 
the FPGA's, or you mean the whole development system?
Article: 5706
Subject: Re: Altera support better than Xilinx
From: waynet@goodnet.com (Wayne Turner)
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 97 15:20:45 GMT
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Thanks for your response.  I decided to check into things a bit when I saw 
your name and kept thinking "You know, I've seen that name somewhere 
before..." and realized it's in half my issues of EE Times!!

Thanks again,

Wayne

In article <01bc29bc$c4117480$61e22399@default>, "Rhondalee Rohleder" 
<Rhondalee_Rohleder@msn.com> wrote:
>Wayne,
>        Your kind apology accepted.  I've been following the programmable logic
>market as an analyst for seven years so I just happen to remember a lot of
>this stuff!  Some of it, admittedly, is market minutae but occasionally it
>comes in handy.  :-)
>
>Rhondalee
>
>Wayne Turner <waynet@goodnet.com> wrote in article
><5fk6bo$cf6$1@news.goodnet.com>...
>> After researching further, I found Ms. Rohleder's information given below
>> to be entirely correct.  My apologies to Ms. Rohleder for doubting her 
>> accuracy and for any confusion this may have caused.
>> 
>> Wayne
>> 
>> In article <01bc16d5$34c4f760$97e12399@default>, "Rhondalee Rohleder" 
>> <Rhondalee_Rohleder@msn.com> wrote:
>> >Actually, you're *both* right.  The devices available in the Intel
>> >FLEXlogic line at the time it was sold were EPROM-based.  But Intel had
>> >planned from the outset to convert the line to FLASH, beginning with the
>> >introduction of subsequent devices -- Altera just followed through on
>> >Intel's plans after acquiring the line.  At the same time, the line was
>> >renamed FLASHlogic to avoid confusion with FLEX.
>> >
>> >Rhondalee Rohleder
>> >Pace Technologies (Scottsdale, AZ)
>> 
Article: 5707
Subject: Re: Xil FPGA: Usage of Multi-purpose pins as I/O
From: Tom Burgess <Tom_Burgess@bc.sympatico.ca>
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 1997 22:06:27 -0700
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Stuart Summerville wrote:
> <deleted>
> 
> so far I have managed to restrict usage of I/O pins to dedicated I/O
> pins, but I'm not really sure how far I should go in also using the
> multi-purpose ones.
> 

You are appropriately cautious. I can only add that you can use
the HDC/LDC (high/low during configuration) pins, too, as long as
you don't forget that they are active during config - as I did ... once.
As outputs, they are probably o.k. unless used unwisely. As inputs,
high impedance (or same-polarity) sources only. Obvious, in retrospect.

	regards, tom
Article: 5708
Subject: Re: Rising_Edge/Falling_Edge Functions
From: Jos De Laender <jdla@sh.bel.alcatel.be>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:07:49 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
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Eric Ryherd wrote:
> 
> > TswvXyooj wrote:
> >
> > > Has anyone run into this problem. Does anyone have a "set"
> > > script (or something like that) that will allow me to
> > > continue using  Rising_Edge(clk) and Falling_Edge(clk)
> > > functions with Synopsys' tools?  Thank-you in advance.
> 
> This has always annoyed me. Other synthesis tools do support
> RISING_EDGE (exemplar for one) which IMHO is just a whole lot
> more intuitive than clk'event AND clk='1'... Unfortunately I
> can't use it because god...I mean... Synopsys doesn't...
> 
> I think we should put more pressure on synopsys to support this
> VERY SIMPLE feature of the 1164 standard...
> 
> --
> Eric Ryherd            eric@vautomation.com
> VAutomation Inc.       Synthesizable VHDL and Verilog Cores
> 20 Trafalgar Sq. #443  http://www.vautomation.com
> Nashua NH 03063        (603) 882-2282  FAX:882-1587


	My support !

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Article: 5709
Subject: Galileo... Leonardo... Renoir... ?
From: husby@fnal.gov (Don Husby)
Date: 10 Mar 1997 14:52:02 GMT
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Renoir Support  renoir@em-wv03.wv.mentorg.com wrote:
> Introducing Renoir for VHDL/Verilog Graphical Entry

Welcome to the impressionist era of VHDL.

Future product plans include:
 
Picasso 1.0   Re-arranges designs sometimes adding extra parts.

Warhol '99    Talentless and trite, but strong on marketing.


Article: 5710
Subject: Re: help:Prog. Xilinx demo board
From: Thomas Hadlich <hadlich@et.uni-magdeburg.de>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 16:08:55 +0100
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Henele I Adams wrote:
> 
>     I am in a group that is trying to program a XC4003 chip on a demo
> board from Xilinx in serial slave mode, without the use of the Xchecker
> cable.  After looking at the data sheets and using a program that
> outputs the data serially from an Intel Hex format in what is apparently
> the correct data stream, the done signal still fails to assert.  Output
> data however, still seems to be in the correct format (preamble,
> postamble etc.).

Hi, 

we had a similar problem some time ago with an XC3095
The cause was, that the internal configuration clock was generated from
the
data stream and that the configuration state machine needed one (or
some?) more 
clock cycle(s) after downloading the data, to get from configuration to
start-up
mode..

Our solution was to send some more '1' down to the device (a longer
postamble)..

Good luck

Thomas

--
-------------------------------------------------------------------
|    Thomas Hadlich    hadlich@infaut.et.uni-magdeburg.de         |
|                      http://infaut.et.uni-magdeburg.de/~hadlich |
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Article: 5711
Subject: Re: help:Prog. Xilinx demo board
From: Robert J Migliore <migliore+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 10:47:12 -0500
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Excerpts from netnews.comp.arch.fpga: 10-Mar-97 Re: help:Prog. Xilinx
demo .. by Thomas Hadlich@et.uni-ma 
> we had a similar problem some time ago with an XC3095
> The cause was, that the internal configuration clock was generated from
> the
> data stream and that the configuration state machine needed one (or
> some?) more 
> clock cycle(s) after downloading the data, to get from configuration to
> start-up
> mode..
>  
> Our solution was to send some more '1' down to the device (a longer
> postamble)..
>  

you are right.  we fixed the problem by sending one more clk signal to
the board after done went high.

thanks to all who responded,

rob migliore
srv.ml.org



Article: 5712
Subject: Xilinx FPGA & SIMMs
From: Christos Dimitrakakis <olethros@geocities.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 15:53:18 +0000
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
I am considering the usage of a Xilinx FPGA as a DSP chip that also
controls memory access to a single SIMM. The FPGA will be the only
device accessing the memory.
Are there any app notes/example designs on using the Xilinx as memory
decoders?
Furthermore, I have no knowledge of SIMM operation, so if anyone could
fill me in on that I would be very grateful :)
-- 
Christos Dimitrakakis
---------------------
mailto:mbge4cd1@fs4.eng.man.ac.uk
mailto:mbge4cd1@afs.mcc.ac.uk
http://www.man.ac.uk/~mbge4cd1
Article: 5713
Subject: Accolade
From: pwurbs@t-online.de (Peter Wurbs)
Date: 10 Mar 1997 17:31:43 GMT
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Hi,

any experience with Accolade-Tools (VHDL-Simulation and FPGA-Synthesis) ?

Thanks for your comments.

Bye,
Peter.

Article: 5714
Subject: Re: Xilinx config pins M0..M2
From: "Steven K. Knapp" <optmagic@ix.netcom.com>
Date: 10 Mar 1997 17:45:09 GMT
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>

Andreas Wehr <wehr@mikro.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote in article
<5foune$1vmu@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>...
| is there any way to use one of the configuration pins m0, m1, m2 
| from a xc4000e part as an output pin?

Only the M1 pin can be used as an output, including three-state (M2 and M0
are inputs).  You would use the M1 pad symbol connected to either an OBUF
or OBUFT symbol.  You can do this with VIEWlogic.  In the XACT design
editor, you would need to use EditBlk to edit the M1 block.

In Synopsys, it gets a little more complex.  I would recommend that you
refer to the "HDL Synthesis for FPGAs Design Guide", beginning on page
3-42.  If you don't have this book from Xilinx, you can also download a 2.0
Mb Adobe Acrobat copy from the web at:

http://www.xilinx.com/appnotes/hdl_dg.pdf

-- 
Steven Knapp
E-mail:  optmagic@ix.netcom.com
Programmable Logic Jump Station:  http://www.netcom.com/~optmagic


| The data book says that i have to call out them by special 
| schematic definitions and place the library components MD0, MD1 or MD2.
| If possible i can do that with SYNOPSYS, XACT or ViewLogic.

Article: 5715
Subject: Re: Galileo... Leonardo... Renoir... ?
From: Steve Bird <steveb@vizef.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 17:54:51 +0000
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
In article <5g176i$694$1@info1.fnal.gov>, Don Husby <husby@fnal.gov>
writes
>Renoir Support  renoir@em-wv03.wv.mentorg.com wrote:
>> Introducing Renoir for VHDL/Verilog Graphical Entry
>
>Welcome to the impressionist era of VHDL.
>
>Future product plans include:
> 
>Picasso 1.0   Re-arranges designs sometimes adding extra parts.
>
>Warhol '99    Talentless and trite, but strong on marketing.
>
>

I guess you didn't like it...
 
-- 
Steve Bird
Article: 5716
Subject: Re: Introducing Renoir
From: suzanne@world.std.com (suzanne M southworth)
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 19:00:28 GMT
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Jim,

It's a tool developed by Mentor Graphics.

Suzanne
suzanne@world.std.com
Syntest Technologies


Jim Mrowca (mrowca@asic.sc.ti.com) wrote:
: Renoir Support wrote:
: > 
: > Introducing Renoir for VHDL/Verilog Graphical Entry
: > 
: > Full information on a brand new HDL graphical entry tool can be found
: > at:
: > 
: >  http://www.renoir.com/
: >
: Hey, I can't see www.renoir.com. Is the site down???

: regards, Jim
Article: 5717
Subject: Re: Xilinx FPGA & SIMMs
From: Ray Andraka <randraka@ids.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 14:13:16 -0500
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Christos Dimitrakakis wrote:
> 
> I am considering the usage of a Xilinx FPGA as a DSP chip that also
> controls memory access to a single SIMM. The FPGA will be the only
> device accessing the memory.
> Are there any app notes/example designs on using the Xilinx as memory
> decoders?
> Furthermore, I have no knowledge of SIMM operation, so if anyone could
> fill me in on that I would be very grateful :)
> --
> Christos Dimitrakakis
> ---------------------
> mailto:mbge4cd1@fs4.eng.man.ac.uk
> mailto:mbge4cd1@afs.mcc.ac.uk
> http://www.man.ac.uk/~mbge4cd1

Going to a single SIMM you won't need a decoder per se.  However, if the
SIMM is of the ordinary PC variety, it is a Dynamic RAM.  This means of
course, that the Xilinx design needs to include a DRAM controller.  As I
recall, there was an app note in the 1994 Xilinx data book on building a
deep fifo using DRAM.  Perhaps you can use that for some hints.  I
beleive that design used an LFSR for the address counters and a cute
shift scheme to get the row and column addresses.

The pinout for standard SIMMs is available on the Hewlett Packard forum
in compuserve (at least that is where I got it about a year ago).  For
timing info, you'll probably have to dig into the data sheets for the
DRAMs used on the module.

The controller is not  atrivial design, but on the other hand a very
functional controller can be built in relatively few CLBs.  The main
things it has to do is mux the row and column addresses, produce the RAS
and CAS strobes and generate refresh cycles. Pick one type of access and
one type of refresh and you job will be easier. Have fun!

-Ray Andraka, P.E.
Chairman, the Andraka Consulting Group
401/884-7930   FAX 401/884-7950
mailto:randraka@ids.net
http://www.ids.net/~randraka
Article: 5718
Subject: Re: Xil FPGA: Usage of Multi-purpose pins as I/O
From: Brad Taylor <blt@emf.net>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 11:55:18 -0800
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Stuart Summerville wrote:
> 
> Hi there all,
> 
> I am trying to fit a current design into an XC5204-160PQ.  I am
> curious as to how much other designers utilise the I/O capabilities of
> pins used in the configuration sequence of such devices.
> 
> The most obvious example is the M[2:0] pins used to set the
> configuration mode of the device. I can see ways of allowing a fixed
> set of inputs to these pins during configuration and then other
> inputs/outputs can be switched in afterwards, but this seems a rather
> desperate & time consuming option.
> 
> My second problem is how other configuration pins behave when disabled
> during bootup. Presumably setting the DOUT pin as an input pin (it
> doubles as an I/O)  will cause problems if the circuitry driving this
> input isn't disabled during config.
> 
> so far I have managed to restrict usage of I/O pins to dedicated I/O
> pins, but I'm not really sure how far I should go in also using the
> multi-purpose ones.
>


The special pins on the Xilinx FPGAs are a real problem to use in a
programmable environment. They pins I'm talking about are 
DIN, DOUT, TDS, TCK, TMS, HDC, LDC, and INIT. We used to just ignore
them, but that eliminates 8 pins which can be a substantial penalty.
Even worse is the fact that they can sit right in the middle of busses
and generally muck up a nice pinout. 

The basic problem is that when a part is unconfigured, they can act as
inputs or outputs. We would like them to be just like the other I/O pins
when unconfigured, that is insensitive and tristated.  

There is a way to use these pins and retain their utility.  Place a
'Quickswitch' or 'bus switch' in series with these pins. A quickswitch
is a pass transistor. When on, it acts like  5ohm 15 pf RC network, when
off it acts like an open switch. The quickswitch enable can be derived
from the 'pgm and done' pin.  If you are pin limited this can be a
pretty cheap fix. These parts are available in a by 10 configuration
from Quality Seimconductor for less than $2.00.

I still ignore TDO, and M0,M1,M2
-
Brad
Article: 5719
Subject: Re: DEVICE SELECTION
From: Ed Vogel <epv@pcsi.cirrus.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:08:46 -0800
Links: << >>  << T >>  << A >>
Samir Marc Falaki wrote:
>  Hi,

 I need to make a decoder and demultiplexer with at least 64 outputs
 each + related logic.  I have used Xilinx FPGAs with Mentor and
 Synopsys but would prefer a device that is more straightforward to
 program and with inexpensive tools (personal project).  I have
 considered using CPLDs that would be one-time programmable and it seems
 to be a good idea.  Does anyone have some suggestions.  I don't have
 $millions so I would like something that is inexpensive to program,
 lot's of i/o, and tools that don't require patches and work-arounds.
 
 Thanks,
 
 Sam Falaki

Try Lattice in circuit programmable parts.
Article: 5720
Subject: Re: Introducing Renoir
From: Renoir Support <renoir@em-wv03.wv.mentorg.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 12:24:30 -0800
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Jim Mrowca wrote:

  Renoir Support wrote:
  >
  > Introducing Renoir for VHDL/Verilog Graphical Entry
  >
  > Full information on a brand new HDL graphical entry tool can be
  found
  > at:
  >
  >  http://www.renoir.com/
  >
  Hey, I can't see www.renoir.com. Is the site down???

  regards, Jim


The site is OK.

Please check also
http://www.mentorg.com/renoir

regards

Article: 5721
Subject: Re: A viewlogic story
From: please@no.junk.mail.com (Mike Williams)
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 20:29:51 GMT
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On Fri, 7 Mar 1997 15:07:00 GMT, ecla@world.std.com (alain arnaud)
wrote:

>A viewlogic story...
>
>I have been using Viewlogic since the late 80s. 

-snip-

>In summary:
>	- Viewsynthesis is BAD!
>	- Viewoffice is usable but less user friendly than the older
>	  products.
>	- Viewlogic tech support is non-existent.
>	- I will not recommend ViewOffice to any of my clients anymore.
>
>IMHO, Viewlogic decided that they had to compete with Orcad and some
>of the other low end tools at the same time they were trying to compete
>with Mentor and Cadence, and they missed the boat. They changed the sales
>channel, by focusing on distributors (Trilogic in Mass.) for small companies
>and direct sales for large corp.
>
>So my question is:
>	Does Mentor Graphics and or Cadence have CAD tools for Win/NT or
>	a Sparc at a competitive price?	
>
>Tools I use today are:
>	- Viewdraw and Viewsim (until I find a replacement)
>	- Modeltech for VHDL simulation
>	- FPGA Express for FPGA synthesis
>	- DC for ASIC synthesis
>
>Alain Arnaud (arnaud@ecla.com)
>ECLA Inc.

How timely. Just yesterday I received a package from VIEWlogic
singing the praises of Workview Office. I guess I should read their
hype with a pound of salt.

I'm looking to update my NT OS CAD tool set. I was looking at ORCAD
but was told by some old school VIEWlogic users that VIEWlogic was
superior. Now I'm not so sure.

Any suggestions. I need schematic entry for PCB design. I don't need
to actually do the PC layout, just produce the schematics, parts
list and netlist.

-Mike Williams
mcw@lightlink.com


Article: 5722
Subject: Re: A viewlogic story
From: Erik Jessen <erik.jessen@ssi1*.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 13:57:16 -0800
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alain arnaud wrote:
<snip>
> 
> Tools I use today are:
>         - Viewdraw and Viewsim (until I find a replacement)
>         - Modeltech for VHDL simulation
>         - FPGA Express for FPGA synthesis
>         - DC for ASIC synthesis
> 
> Alain Arnaud (arnaud@ecla.com)
> ECLA Inc.

I would recommend looking at Synario's ECS schematic-capture/waveform
display tool.  it was very solid for us, and had a lot of nice features
(VHDL, Verilog, EDIF netlisting, can netlist to PCB layout tools, etc.).

We used it with Modeltech and Exemplar, and liked it a lot.  We had
probably 20-30 copies of ECS.

Erik
Article: 5723
Subject: Re: A viewlogic story
From: Scott Kroeger <Scott.Kroeger@mail.mei.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 16:47:08 -0600
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Mike Williams wrote:
<snip>

> I'm looking to update my NT OS CAD tool set. I was looking at ORCAD
> but was told by some old school VIEWlogic users that VIEWlogic was
> superior. Now I'm not so sure.
> 
> Any suggestions. I need schematic entry for PCB design. I don't need
> to actually do the PC layout, just produce the schematics, parts
> list and netlist.

A long-time user of Capilano Computing's Designworks schematic capture
package on the Macintosh, I'd recommend their Win95/NT version.  It's
not as mainstream as Orcad or Viewlogic, but is powerful and quite easy
to use. The package includes a programmable report generator that can
create netlists, BOM's etc. in virtually any format.

I'm currently running a beta copy of their new version for the Mac
(Windows version will follow) and it is very nice.  I can now
automatically generate solder side test points for surface mount
boards.  In the past this required post processing of the netlist and
hours of manual intervention. Now it's a mouse click (and a little
initial investment in symbol attributes, perhaps just a few minutes for
a typical PCB).

An interactive simulator is included and Xilinx FPGA libraries
(currently 2K/3K/4K) are available.

Regards,
Scott
Article: 5724
Subject: Re: Xilinx 4002 RAM Question
From: L3ZHANG@ELECOM2.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (Louis Zhang)
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:27:19 GMT
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Thanks for everyone for your suggestions.  You are right about the feature
on 4003E and the way that syncRAM shoud be implemented in 4002 (xilinx
data book has an article on it).

Unfortunately, unlike the discrete RAM and RAM cell in ASIC, the RAM cell in 
Xilinx 4000 has address and data setup/hold time requirements.  We decided 
to go with Async RAM and got our project done by working around it. :-)

Again, thanks everyone for providing helps.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Louis Zhang
4B Electrical Engineering
University of Waterloo



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