SYLON-REDUCE: A MOS Network Optimization Algorithm Using Permissible Functions
Johnson Chan Limqueco, Saburo Muroga · 1990
We introduce a new algorithm, SYLON- REDUCE, that uses the concept of permissible functions to optimize a MOS network directly. Unlike SYLON-DREAM which uses a set of heuristic rules, SYLON-REDUCE uses a more coherent, algorithmic approach, adapting the MOS cell synthesis procedure of Algorithm DIMN, to resyn- thesize the cells in a network. We were able to obtain better networks for most functions. We show that technology-specific synthesis and optimization can produce better results than dividing synthesis into technology- independent and technology-mapping phases.