U.S.-China Planning Visit: Development of Computer-Aided Design (CAD) Tools for Physical Design and Verification for Low Power Nanometer VLSI Designs

此奖项支持加州大学河滨分校谭向东教授与中国北京清华大学洪祥龙教授的计划访问。此次访问将有助于制定一项合作计划，以开发计算机辅助设计（CAD）工具，用于低功耗纳米VLSI设计的物理设计和验证。项目负责人将通过以下方式确定合作研究和伙伴关系的许多细节：1)根据研究目标和范围准备一些联合资助提案；2)与一些半导体和电子设计自动化（EDA）公司的技术代表举行多次会议，讨论资助的研究项目；3)为清华大学设计自动化实验室的教师和学生举办研讨会，让团队集思广益。谭教授拥有多年的VLSI电路验证和优化经验，洪教授是世界知名的物理设计专家。两位教员的专业知识和经验对拟议的合作项目是互补的，他们希望通过协调的分工进行合作。除了显著增加纳米十亿晶体管VLSI设计模拟和优化的核心知识外，预期的研究将为美国研究生和本科生提供独特的培训和教育机会，使他们能够获得全球经验。预计来自两国的科学家和学生之间的这些早期合作将导致长期合作，这将使两个机构受益。

0451688TanThis award supports a planning visit to enable Professor Xiang-Dong Tan at the University of California in Riverside to meet with Professor Xianglong Hong at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China. The visit will help develop a collaborative plan for the development of computer-aided design (CAD) tools for physical design and verification of low power nanometer VLSI designs. The PI will finalize many details regarding the collaborative research and partnerships by: 1) preparing a number of joint funding proposals based on the research objectives and scopes; 2) holding a number of meetings with some semiconductor and electronic design automation (EDA) companies' technical representatives to discuss the sponsored research projects; and 3) present seminars to the faculty and students in the Design Automation Lab at Tsinghua University in order for the group to brainstorm new ideas.Professor Tan has many years of experience on VLSI circuit verification and optimization and Professor Hong is a world-renowned expert on physical design. The expertise and experience of the two faculty members are complementary for the proposed collaborative project, and they expect to collaborate through a coordinated division of labor. In addition to adding significantly to the core knowledge of simulation and optimization for nanometer billion-transistor VLSI designs, the anticipated research will provide unique training and educational opportunities for U.S. graduate students and undergraduate students by enabling them to obtain a global experience. It is anticipated that these early collaborations between the scientists and students from each country will lead to long-term collaborations that will benefit both institutions.