Introduction to VLSI Systems
Computer-aided partitioning of behavioral hardware descriptions
DAC '83 Proceedings of the 20th Design Automation Conference
The VLSI Design Automation Assistant: Prototype system
DAC '83 Proceedings of the 20th Design Automation Conference
A proper model for the partitioning of electrical circuits
DAC '72 Proceedings of the 9th Design Automation Workshop
A class of min-cut placement algorithms
DAC '77 Proceedings of the 14th Design Automation Conference
Automated partitioning of hierarchically specified digital systems
DAC '82 Proceedings of the 19th Design Automation Conference
On the efficient implementation of production systems.
On the efficient implementation of production systems.
A prototype framework for knowledge-based analog circuit synthesis
DAC '87 Proceedings of the 24th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
PAMS: an expert system for parameterized module synthesis
DAC '87 Proceedings of the 24th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
A parallel algorithm for execution of production systems on HMESH architecture
ACM '87 Proceedings of the 1987 Fall Joint Computer Conference on Exploring technology: today and tomorrow
A prototype framework for knowledge-based analog circuit synthesis
25 years of DAC Papers on Twenty-five years of electronic design automation
DAC '86 Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
A rule-based logic circuit synthesis system for CMOS gate arrays
DAC '86 Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
PEARL: an expert system for power supply layout
DAC '86 Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
Precedent-based manipulation of VLSI structures
DAC '86 Proceedings of the 23rd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
Experiences in Prolog-based DFT rule checking
ACM '86 Proceedings of 1986 ACM Fall joint computer conference
Generic design flows for project management in a framework environment
EDTC '95 Proceedings of the 1995 European conference on Design and Test
Datapath optimization using feedback
EURO-DAC '91 Proceedings of the conference on European design automation
Design methodologies and CAD tools
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The Design Automation Assistant is a knowledge-based expert-system, KBES, that generates a technology-independent list of operators, registers, data paths and control signals from an algorithmic description of a VLSI system. One merit of codifying knowledge in a KBES is that it can be easily quantified and qualified. This paper takes a retrospective on that codified knowledge base, examining what has been learned about VLSI design. It discusses both the major steps in the implementation design process and the extent to which each rule embodies domain knowledge. Finally, the paper provides an example design with typical rules from each of the major steps in the implementation design process.