Workshop: Design Challenges of 100-Million Transistor VLSI Systems

资金将用于支持一个研讨会（1998年春季），以探索超大集成电路（硅上系统）带来的数字系统设计挑战，这些挑战是由VLSI技术的进步所带来的。随着1亿个晶体管芯片即将问世，5亿个晶体管设计可行，迫切需要评估必须创造哪些新的设计技术和方法才能使这种系统的创建可行。工作坊参加者包括来自学术界和工业界的CAD和设计专家。研讨会报告包括：1)对硅上系统提出的紧迫问题的陈述；2)硅基系统相关重要研究领域的建议；3)如何让这些CAD和设计社区意识到这些趋势和挑战的观点。

Funding is to support a workshop (spring 1998) to explore challenges in digital system design posed by the very large integrated circuits (systems-on-silicon) made possible by advances in VLSI technology. With 100 million transistor chips imminent and 500-million transistor designs feasible, there is a pressing need to assess what new design technologies and methodologies must be created to make the creation of such systems feasible. Workshop participants include CAD and design experts from both academia and industry. The workshop report includes: 1) a statement of pressing problems posed by systems-on-silicon; 2) recommendations about important research areas relating to systems-on-silicon; and 3) viewpoints on how to make these CAD and design communities aware of these trends and challenges.