• Conference Object  

      Dynamic Adjustment of Test-Sequence Duration for Increasing the Functional Coverage 

      Takakis, Zacharias; Mangiras, Dimitrios; Nicopoulos, Chrysostomos; Dimitrakopoulos, Giorgos (2019)
      The importance of functional coverage during front-end verification is steadily increasing. Complete coverage statistics, possibly spanning from block- to top-level, are required as a proof of verification quality and ...
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      Multi-Armed Bandits for Autonomous Timing-driven Design Optimization 

      Stefanidis, Apostolos; Mangiras, Dimitrios; Nicopoulos, Chrysostomos; Dimitrakopoulos, Giorgos (2019)
      Timing closure is a complex process that involves many iterative optimization steps applied in various phases of the physical design flow. Cell sizing and transistor threshold selection, as well as datapath and clock ...
    • Article  

      Timing-Driven Placement Optimization Facilitated by Timing-Compatibility Flip-Flop Clustering 

      Mangiras, Dimitrios; Stefanidis, Apostolos; Seitanidis, Ioannis; Nicopoulos, Chrysostomos; Dimitrakopoulos, Giorgos (2019)
      Timing-driven placement optimization is applied incrementally in various parts of the flow, together with other timing optimization techniques, to achieve timing closure. In this work, we present a generalized approach for ...