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Technology Mapping Using Multi-output Library Cells

Tempia Calvino, Alessandro  
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De Micheli, Giovanni  
November 1, 2023
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD)

Technology mapping transforms a technology-independent representation into a technology-dependent one given a library of cells. Even if technology libraries contain multi-output cells, state-of-the-art techniques fully exploit single-output cells only. Multi-output cells have limited support in logic synthesis and are typically handled as white boxes once identified. This paper presents a scalable method to increase the support of multi-output library cells in technology mapping. Our contributions include 1) an approach to detect multi-output cells, 2) a fast Boolean matching methodology, and 3) a technology mapping algorithm that supports multi-output cells. Unlike previous work, we address the mapping problem over the whole network. This has the advantage of optimizing area and delay without requiring many incremental steps. The experiments show that full adders and half adders are efficiently detected and mapped with an average area improvement of 7.48% when mapping for minimal delay compared to the default mapper in ABC. Moreover, our method improves the area of the synthesis flow in Yosys, which treats multi-output cells as white boxes, by 5% on average with a limited run time overhead.

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conference paper not in proceedings
DOI
10.1109/ICCAD57390.2023.10323999
Web of Science ID

WOS:001116715100199

Author(s)
Tempia Calvino, Alessandro  
De Micheli, Giovanni  
Date Issued

2023-11-01

ISBN of the book

979-8-3503-2225-5

Total of pages

9

Subjects

Technology

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EDA

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Logic synthesis

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Technology mapping

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Multi-output cells

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

EPFL units
LSI1  
Event nameEvent placeEvent date
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD)

San Fransisco, California, USA

October 29 - November 2, 2023

FunderGrant Number

SNF grant "Supercool: Design methods and tools for superconducting electronics"

200021_1920981

Synopsys Inc.

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November 21, 2023
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