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Technology Mapping of Timed Asynchronous Circuits

Technology Mapping of Timed Asynchronous Circuits. Curtis A. Nelson University of Utah August 26, 2004. Technology Mapping. Process of implementing a synthesized design. Utilizes technology-specific libraries. Combines the steps of: Partitioning Decomposition Matching Covering.

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Technology Mapping of Timed Asynchronous Circuits

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  1. Technology Mapping of Timed Asynchronous Circuits Curtis A. Nelson University of Utah August 26, 2004

  2. Technology Mapping • Process of implementing a synthesized design. • Utilizes technology-specific libraries. • Combines the steps of: • Partitioning • Decomposition • Matching • Covering

  3. Specifications Technology Logic Synthesis Mapping Partitioning Cost Factors Decomposition Matching/Covering Library Physical Design Layout Synchronous Design Flow

  4. Specifications Technology Logic Synthesis Mapping Partitioning Cost Factors Decomposition Matching/Covering Library Physical Design Layout Asynchronous Design Flow Hazard Verification

  5. Timed Asynchronous Circuits • Timed circuits are a class of asynchronous circuits that use explicit timing information. • Can potentially reduce required circuitry as compared with speed-independent circuits. • Used in Intel RAPPID design which was 3 times faster than synchronous design. • As in all asynchronous circuits, timed circuit design is complicated by hazards.

  6. Hazards • Conditions that may manifest as glitches. • Caused by structure or timing of the circuit. • May result in incorrect behavior. • Must be detected and eliminated. • Two types of hazards: • Acknowledgment. • Monotonicity.

  7. Acknowledgement Hazard • Occurs when inputs to a gate change evaluation before the output stabilizes. 3 [2,4] 1 0 1 0 0

  8. Acknowledgement Hazard • Occurs when inputs to a gate change evaluation before the output stabilizes. [2,4] 0 1 0 1

  9. Acknowledgement Hazard • Occurs when inputs to a gate change evaluation before the output stabilizes. [2,4] 0 1 1

  10. Monotonicity Hazard • Occurs when an internal or output node: • Becomes excited to change when it should stay stable, or • Makes a transition non-monotonically. [4,6] 1 0 1 0 [1,3]

  11. Monotonicity Hazard • Occurs when an internal or output node: • Becomes excited to change when it should stay stable, or • Makes a transition non-monotonically. [4,6] 0 1 1 [1,3]

  12. Specifications Technology Logic Synthesis Mapping Partitioning Hazard Cost Factors Verification Decomposition Matching/Covering Library Physical Design Layout Asynchronous Design Flow

  13. Hazard Verification • Must check all reachable states for hazards. • Size of state space is O(2|I| x 2|O| x 2|N|). • Beerel/Burch/Meng proposed using a cube to approximate internal signal behavior for speed-independent circuits. • Reduces size of state space to O(2|I| x 2|O|). • We extend this application to timed circuits.

  14. Hazard Verification Algorithm • Input: Time Petri Net and Gate Netlist. • Check complex gate equivalence. • Determine stability of internal signals. • Check for acknowledgement hazards. • Check for monotonicity hazards.

  15. b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] a- [2,5] d- Time Petri Net • Specification method for timed systems. • Used to specify: • Environmental behavior. • Expected output behavior.

  16. b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] a- [2,5] d- Time Petri Net • State is a marking of places and ages of transitions. • Transition enabled when all input places are marked. • Transition fires after it has been enabled between [min,max] time units.

  17. Time Petri Net • After transition fires, marking removed from input places and added to output places. b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] a- [2,5] d-

  18. Gate Netlist [2,3] a [2,3] e d b c Gate-Level Netlist

  19. [2,6] a b d c Complex Gate Equivalent (CGE) Gate Netlist [2,3] a [2,3] e d b c Gate-Level Netlist

  20. b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] [2,6] a c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] b d c c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] a- [2,5] d- Checking Equivalence 0000 0000 abcd

  21. [2,6] a b d c Checking Equivalence b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] 0000 0000 a+ c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] 1000 1000 c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] a- [2,5] d- abcd abcd

  22. Checking Equivalence b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] 0000 0000 a+ c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] 1000 1000 b+ c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] 1100 1100 a- [2,5] d- [2,6] a b d abcd abcd c

  23. [2,6] a b d c Checking Equivalence b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] 0000 0000 a+ c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] 1000 1000 b+ c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] 1100 1100 d+ a- [2,5] d- 1101 1101 abcd abcd

  24. Checking Equivalence b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] 0000 0000 a+ c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] 1000 1000 b+ c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] 1100 1100 d+ a- [2,5] d- 1101 1101 [2,6] c+ c+ 1111 a 1111 b d abcd abcd c

  25. Checking Equivalence b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] 0000 0000 a+ c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] 1000 1000 b+ c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] 1100 1100 d+ a- [2,5] d- 1101 1110 1110 1101 [2,6] c+ c+ - d 1111 a 1111 b d abcd abcd c

  26. a - Checking Equivalence b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] 0000 0000 a+ c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] 1000 1000 b+ c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] 0110 1100 0110 1100 d+ a- [2,5] d- 1101 1110 1110 1101 [2,6] c+ c+ - d 1111 a 1111 b d abcd abcd c

  27. b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] - b a - a- [2,5] d- Checking Equivalence 0000 0000 a+ 1000 1000 b+ 0010 0010 0110 1100 0110 1100 d+ 1101 1110 1110 1101 [2,6] c+ c+ - d 1111 a 1111 b d abcd abcd c

  28. b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] - b c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] a - a- [2,5] d- Checking Equivalence 0000 0000 a+ - c 1000 1000 b+ 0010 0010 0110 1100 0110 1100 d+ 1101 1110 1110 1101 [2,6] c+ c+ - d 1111 a 1111 b d abcd abcd c

  29. - b a - [2,6] a b d c Checking Equivalence b+ [2,5] a+ [2,5] 0000 0000 b+ a+ c- [2,5] d+ b+ [2,5] - 0100 c 1000 0100 1000 c+ b+ 0010 0010 c+ [2,5] c+ [2,5] b- [2,5] 0110 1100 0110 1100 d+ a- [2,5] d- 1101 1110 1110 1101 c+ c+ - d 1111 1111 abcd abcd

  30. b+ a+ 0000 c 0100 1000 b+ c+ 0010 0110 1100 b d+ a 1110 1101 c+ d 1111 abcd Finding Stable States a e d c b

  31. Finding Stable States b+ b+ a+ 0000 0000 a e c c 0100 0100 1000 d c b+ c+ c+ b 0010 0010 0110 1100 Step 1: Boolean evaluation of node e. b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  32. Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d c b+ c+ b 0010 0110 1100 Step 2: Untimed stabilization of node e for d+ b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  33. Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d c b+ c+ b 0010 0110 1100 Step 2: Untimed stabilization of node e for d+ b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  34. Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d c b+ c+ b 0010 0110 1100 Step 2: State 1101 stable high. b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  35. Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d c b+ c+ b 0010 0110 1100 Step 3: Untimed stabilization of node e for d- b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  36. Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d c b+ c+ b 0010 0110 1100 Step 3: Untimed stabilization of node e for d- b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  37. Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d c b+ c+ b 0010 0110 1100 Step 4: Propagate stable states. b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  38. a e d c b Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 c 0100 1000 b+ c+ 0010 0110 1100 Step 4: Propagate stable states. b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  39. a e d c b Checking for Hazards b+ a+ 0000 c 0100 1000 b+ c+ 0010 Node e is hazard-free! 0110 1100 b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  40. a a e e d c b d b c Alternative Gate-Level Netlist Try a different decomposition – Replace: With:

  41. Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d b b+ c+ c 0010 0110 1100 Step 1: Boolean evaluation of node e. b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  42. Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d b b+ c+ c 0010 0110 1100 Step 2: Untimed stabilization of node e for d+ b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  43. Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d b b+ c+ c 0010 0110 1100 Step 2: Untimed stabilization of node e for d+ b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  44. Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d b b+ c+ c 0010 0110 1100 Step 3: Propagate stable states. b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  45. Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d b b+ c+ c 0010 0110 1100 Step 3: Propagate stable states. b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  46. Finding Stable States b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d b b+ c+ c 0010 0110 1100 Step 4: Untimed stabilization of node e for d- b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  47. Checking Acknowledgement b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d b b+ c+ c 0010 0110 1100 Node e may glitch. b d+ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT HAZARD! a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  48. Checking Monotonicity MONOTONICTY HAZARD! b+ a+ 0000 a e c 0100 1000 d b b+ c+ c 0010 0110 1100 Output d may glitch. b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  49. [2,3] [2,3] a e d b c Timed Stabilization b+ a+ 0000 c 0100 1000 b+ c+ 0010 0110 1100 Consider Netlist timing. b d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

  50. [2,3] [2,3] a e d b c Timed Stabilization b+ a+ 0000 c 0100 1000 b+ c+ 0010 0110 1100 Minimum elapsed time: 2 b [2,5] d+ a 1110 1101 Rising High Falling Low c+ d 1111 abcd

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