YET ANOTHER SILICON COMPILER.

The authors describe the YASC high-level silicon compiler which synthesizes compact chip layouts from hierarchical behavioral descriptions. A logic synthesis procedure generates sets of Boolean equations, including multiphase clocks and any necessary interface logic. A novel technique for layout generation yields cells whose densities approach hand-crafted designs. Two-layer metal NMOS and CMOS technologies are supported, with flexible design rules. In addition to layout synthesis, logic, schematic and graph diagrams are generated directly from a powerful internal database. The compiler, which runs under the UNIX operating system, includes a menu-driven multiwindowing user environment.