SWARM: A Novel Methodology for Integrated Circuit Layout Automation Based on Principles of Self-organization

Daniel Marolt

doi:10.51202/9783186475206

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Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-18-347520-9
ISBN-Online: 978-3-18-647520-6
Publisher: VDI Verlag, Düsseldorf
Series: Rechnerunterstützte Verfahren
Volume: 475
Language: German
Pages: 250
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis Partial access Pages I - VIII Download chapter (PDF)
1. 1. Technical Aim No access
  2. Scientific Challenge No access
  3. Practical Ambition No access
2. 1. Divide and Conquer – Distribute and Conquer No access
  2. Decentralization, Self-organization, Emergence No access
  3. 1. Forms of Emergence No access
    2. Emergence in Biology No access
    3. Emergence in Physics No access
    4. Emergence in Mathematics No access
  4. 1. The Basic Constituents of Self-organization No access
    2. Operational Closure and Structural Coupling No access
    3. The Edge of Chaos No access
    4. Recursivity and Feedback No access
    5. Stigmergic Interaction No access
    6. Reducing Friction and Promoting Synergy No access
    7. The Virtue of Selfishness No access
    8. Law of Requisite Variety No access
  5. 1. Cellular Automata No access
    2. Game Theory No access
    3. Multi-Agent Systems No access
    4. Agent-based Models of Collective Motion No access
  6. Adaptation to the Problem of Analog Layout Design No access
3. 1. 1. The Three Core Concepts of SWARM No access
    2. Depiction of SWARM’s Self-organization Flow No access
  2. 1. Context Awareness No access
    2. 1. Temporary Context Duplication No access
      2. Co-transformations in a Governing Module No access
    3. 1. Supreme Commanders No access
      2. Hierarchical Module Associations No access
      3. Co-transformations in a Module Association No access
      4. Coordinate System Issues No access
    4. 1. Intrinsic Variability No access
      2. Cumulative Variability No access
      3. Variability of Primitive Devices No access
      4. Variability of Simple Modules No access
  3. 1. 1. Interference No access
      2. Turmoil No access
      3. Protrusion No access
      4. Wounds No access
      5. Noncompliance No access
    2. 1. Geometrical Recipe for Perceiving the Free Peripheral Space No access
      2. Pervasion (Obstacles in the Free Peripheral Space) No access
    3. 1. Native Actions No access
      2. Custom Actions No access
      3. Full Variability No access
    4. 1. Action Preference No access
      2. Action Execution No access
  4. 1. 1. Setting and Enlarging the Layout Zone No access
      2. Tightening the Layout Zone No access
      3. Considering Rectilinear Layout Zones No access
    2. 1. Progressive Tightening No access
      2. Regressive Tightening No access
    3. 1. Solid Comfort Padding No access
      2. Volatile Comfort Padding No access
  5. 1. Comparison with Optimization Algorithms No access
    2. Comparison with Decentralized Systems No access
1. 1. 1. Example of an Emerging Collective Motion No access
    2. Examples of an Emerging Optimal Layout Outcome No access
    3. Examples of Nonterminating Interaction Cycles No access
  2. 1. Floorplanning Example with Rectangular Outline No access
    2. Floorplanning Example with Nonrectangular Outline No access
    3. Assessment No access
  3. 1. Usage of SWARM in the Design Flow No access
    2. Symmetric P-Input Operational Transconductance Amplifier No access
    3. Folded Cascode P-Input Operational Transconductance Amplifier No access
    4. 1. Assessment Regarding Layout Quality No access
      2. Assessment Regarding Design Productivity No access
2. 1. 1. Works Concerning the Physical Domain No access
    2. Works Concerning the Structural Domain No access
    3. Works Concerning the Behavioral Domain No access
  2. The Scientific Value of SWARM: Meeting Bottom-up With Top-down No access
3. Summary and Outlook No access Pages 220 - 224
1. 1. Mathematical Operators No access
  2. Geometrical Operators No access
  3. Symbols No access
2. 1. Bibliography No access
  2. Further Sources No access