The mind's new science: a history of the cognitive revolution
The mind's new science: a history of the cognitive revolution
DAC '85 Proceedings of the 22nd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
A CAD system for logic design based on frames and demons
DAC '81 Proceedings of the 18th Design Automation Conference
An approach to intelligent assistance for the specification of ASIC design using objects and rules
DAC '89 Proceedings of the 26th ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
Hierarchical Modeling of the VLSI Design Process
IEEE Expert: Intelligent Systems and Their Applications
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Engineers use large amounts of stereotype knowledge about basic circuit components and design techniques when designing a circuit. This knowledge is used to guide design decisions in order to produce an optimal design. Such stereotyped knowledge can be represented as frames in a knowledge based system and such a knowledge base can be used to implement a silicon compiler. This paper describes a pilot system we are developing at SFU which uses frames to represent abstract models of circuit components. Filling in the slots of the frame results in the refinement of an abstract model into a layout. The pilot system will design storage structures such as static RAMs and registers using standard cells. With the experience we gain from this pilot system we plan to develop a knowledge base system which can translate a register transfer level description of a circuit into a layout of acceptable quality.