Serial-Data Computation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Stewart G. Smith, Peter B. Denyer

   Pages 1-8

3. The First Generation

   • Stewart G. Smith, Peter B. Denyer

   Pages 9-47

4. Rudiments

   • Stewart G. Smith, Peter B. Denyer

   Pages 49-68

5. Two’s Complement Multiplication

   • Stewart G. Smith, Peter B. Denyer

   Pages 69-96

6. Area-Saving Techniques

   • Stewart G. Smith, Peter B. Denyer

   Pages 97-130

7. Throughput Enhancement

   • Stewart G. Smith, Peter B. Denyer

   Pages 131-163

8. The Second Generation

   • Stewart G. Smith, Peter B. Denyer

   Pages 165-188

9. Concluding Remarks

   • Stewart G. Smith, Peter B. Denyer

   Pages 189-191

10. Back Matter

    Pages 193-239

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This book is concerned with advances in serial-data computa­ tional architectures, and the CAD tools for their implementation in silicon. The bit-serial tradition at Edinburgh University (EU) stretches back some 6 years to the conception of the FIRST silicon compiler. FIRST owes much of its inspiration to Dick Lyon, then at Xerox P ARC, who proposed a 'structured-design' methodology for construction of signal processing systems from bit-serial building blocks. Based on an nMOS cell-library, FIRST automates much of Lyon's physical design process. More recently, we began to feel that FIRST should be able to exploit more modern technologies. Before this could be achieved, we were faced with a massive manual re-design task, i. e. the porting of FIRST cell-library to a new technology. As it was to avoid such tasks that FIRST was conceived in the first place, we decided to move the level of user-specification much nearer to the silicon level (while still hiding details of transistor circuit design, place and route etc. , from the user), and by so doing, enable the specification of more functionally powerful libraries in technology-free form. The results of this work are in evidence as advances in serial-data design techniques, and the SECOND silicon compiler, introduced later in this book. These achievements could not have been accomplished without help from various sources. We take this opportunity to thank Profs.

• Signal
• control
• linear optimization
• logic
• model
• simulation
• verification

• University of Edinburgh, UK

  Stewart G. Smith, Peter B. Denyer

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