NSF Workshop; Electronic Design Automation -- Past, Present, and Future

美国国家科学基金会研讨会；

• 批准号: 0930477
• 负责人: Jason Cong
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: University of California-Los Angeles
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-08-01 至 2010-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0930477&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: NSF; Workshop; Electronic; Design; Automation

CCF - 0930477 NSF Workshop; Electronic Design Automation -- Past, Present, and FutureCong, Jason University of California-Los Angeles ABSTRACTElectronic design automation (EDA) of very large-scale integrated (VLSI) circuits and systems is an important field in computer science and engineering. It has made a significant impact on the development of information technology?in particular in supporting the successful scaling of Moore?s Law over the past 40 years, which in turn has created the performance and cost-efficient information technology infrastructure that has transformed our lives and all of society. The success of the EDA is inspiring for many scientific and societal reasons.At the same time, the EDA field is facing serious challenges. For example, Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) costs associated with VLSI circuit design are skyrocketing with estimates of over $30M per ASIC design undertaken. The rapid increase in the number of transistors available on a single chip leads to system-on-chip integration, with complex interactions between software and hardware, digital and analog, etc. Moreover, the field of applications enabled by semiconductor technology is growing at a rapid rate?ranging from very high performance microprocessors and signal processors to a broad array of low-power portable devices to micro sense/communicate/actuate networks of chips driven by very low per-unit cost and extremely low operating power. Designers must create chips that function properly in conventional digital and mixed-signal operation, as well as comprehend sensors that respond to signals from many physical domains such as pressure, temperature, chemical, and optical. The design problem is further compounded by the introduction of many new physical phenomena determining the performance of severely scaled semiconductor devices. For example, the power and performance characteristics of transistors are becoming statistical in nature. The probability of soft or permanent errors is much higher in the new generation of CMOS devices at 32nm or below or in new emerging non-CMOS devices. These present unprecedented challenges.In an earlier workshop jointly held in 2006 by the NSF and SRC a recommendation was made that research in design technology and tools be increased through a National Design Initiative. Such an effort was deemed to be critical ?to maintain U.S. leadership in design for integrated nano- and Microsystems.? The present workshop is to review the progress made under the National Design Initiative and evaluate whether new directions and topics should be added to the Initiative. The recommendations from this workshop will help to influence the design automation funding programs at the NSF.

CCF - 0930477 NSF车间；电子设计自动化——过去、现在和未来美国加州大学洛杉矶分校Jason教授摘要超大规模集成电路和系统的电子设计自动化（EDA）是计算机科学与工程中的一个重要领域。它对信息技术的发展产生了重大影响。特别是支持摩尔定律的成功缩放？这反过来又创造了性能和成本效益高的信息技术基础设施，改变了我们的生活和整个社会。EDA的成功鼓舞了许多科学和社会的原因。同时，EDA领域也面临着严峻的挑战。例如，与VLSI电路设计相关的非经常性工程（NRE）成本正在飙升，估计每个ASIC设计的成本超过3000万美元。单个芯片上可用的晶体管数量的迅速增加导致了片上系统集成，软件和硬件、数字和模拟等之间的复杂交互。此外，半导体技术的应用领域正以快速的速度增长。从非常高性能的微处理器和信号处理器到广泛的低功耗便携式设备，再到由极低的单位成本和极低的操作功率驱动的微感/通信/驱动芯片网络。设计人员必须设计出在传统数字和混合信号操作中正常工作的芯片，以及理解响应来自许多物理领域（如压力，温度，化学和光学）信号的传感器。由于引入了许多决定严重缩放半导体器件性能的新物理现象，设计问题进一步复杂化。例如，晶体管的功率和性能特性在本质上正变得具有统计学意义。在32nm或以下的新一代CMOS器件或新兴的非CMOS器件中，软误差或永久误差的概率要高得多。这些带来了前所未有的挑战。在2006年由NSF和SRC联合举办的早期研讨会上，建议通过国家设计倡议增加对设计技术和工具的研究。这样的努力被认为是至关重要的？保持美国在集成纳米和微系统设计方面的领导地位。本次研讨会旨在回顾国家设计倡议下取得的进展，并评估是否应在该倡议中加入新的方向和主题。本次研讨会的建议将有助于影响美国国家科学基金会的设计自动化资助计划。