VLSI design automation assistant: first steps
Thaddeus J. Kowalski, Donald E. Thomas · OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) · 1983
An approach to VLSI design using both knowledge-based expert systems and data and control flow analysis is described. The paper is concerned with design as it proceeds from an algorithmic description of a VLSI system to a list of technology-independent registers, operators, data paths, and control signals. It discusses the development of the design automation assistant from its first interviews with expert XLSI designers to its current prototype state. Four designs of a microcomputer are presented along with the changes in the knowledge base which created those designs. 7 references.