Digital systems engineering
Surfliner: A Distortionless Electrical Signaling Scheme for Speed of Light On-Chip Communications
ICCD '05 Proceedings of the 2005 International Conference on Computer Design
Global signaling over lossy transmission lines
ICCAD '05 Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE/ACM International conference on Computer-aided design
ISQED '07 Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design
Approaching Speed-of-light Distortionless Communication for On-chip Interconnect
ASP-DAC '07 Proceedings of the 2007 Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference
Equalized interconnects for on-chip networks: modeling and optimization framework
Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/ACM international conference on Computer-aided design
High-speed signal propagation: advanced black magic
High-speed signal propagation: advanced black magic
Maze routing with buffer insertion and wiresizing
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
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As technology scales, on-chip interconnects become one of the most critical factors in determining the system performance and power consumption [1-3]. Since the wire resistance per unit length is inversely proportional to its cross section, the wire incurs high-signal attenuation as its cross section shrinks. Current practice views the wires as RC segments. Buffers are inserted between RC segments to boost a faster full voltage swing [4,5]. The inserted buffers regenerate the voltage level from buffer inputs instead of relaying the signals as waves. The full swing of RC segments requires high latency and consumes power.