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Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata (QCA) circuit partitioning: problem modeling and solutions

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Dominic A. Antonelli,

Timothy J. Dysart,

Andrew B. Kahng,

Peter M. Kogge,

Richard C. Murphy,

Michael T. NiemierAuthors Info & Claims

DAC '04: Proceedings of the 41st annual Design Automation Conference

Pages 363 - 368

https://doi.org/10.1145/996566.996671

Published: 07 June 2004 Publication History

Abstract

This paper presents the Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata (QCA) physical design problem, in the context of the VLSI physical design problem. The problem is divided into three subproblems: partitioning, placement, and routing of QCA circuits. This paper presents an ILP formulation and heuristic solution to the partitioning problem, and compares the two sets of results. Additionally, we compare a human-generated circuit to the ILP and Heuristic solutions. The results demonstrate that the heuristic is a practical method of reducing partitioning run time while providing a result that is close to the optimal for a given circuit.

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Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata (QCA) circuit partitioning: problem modeling and solutions
1. Hardware
  1. Electronic design automation
    1. Logic synthesis
      1. Circuit optimization

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DAC '04: Proceedings of the 41st annual Design Automation Conference

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DOI:10.1145/996566

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