1. Institute of Applied Microelectronics and Computer Engineering College of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock APPLIED VLSI DESIGN The third design of Robert Gubitz

2. Institute of Applied Microelectronics and Computer Engineering College of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock Final Design Slide 2

3. Institute of Applied Microelectronics and Computer Engineering College of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock Ideas for Cadence First Encounter -Check impact of higher V dd -Try different optimizations in Cadence -Optimize net list -Optimize design -Optimize vias/wires -Timing driven nano route -Try different sizes and densities Slide 3

4. Institute of Applied Microelectronics and Computer Engineering College of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock Impact of higher V dd Setup with V dd = 1.3 V  led to higher Leakage power  allows higher frequencies In the end metric with higher voltage is worse in orders of magnitude of 10 -13 Slide 4

5. Institute of Applied Microelectronics and Computer Engineering College of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock Impact of Optimizations in Cadence All optimizations listed resulted in the usage of low V T libraries in Cadence Significant negative impact on metric  metric increased in orders of 10 -9 Slide 5

6. Institute of Applied Microelectronics and Computer Engineering College of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock Final Metric and Design Timing (T min / f max )6.627 ns / 150,898 MHz Power (P dyn /P leak ) 420,49 μ W / 119,84 nW E_avg0,249701 t OP 274,2 μs Benchmark511,6 fJ Core size 42.770 μm 2 Core utilization90,055 % Slide 6

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9. Institute of Applied Microelectronics and Computer Engineering College of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Rostock THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION