The entropy provides an achievable lower bound on the number of configuration bits in a programmable logic device (PLD) [or field-programmable gate array (FPGA)] ...

Mar 4, 2006 · The entropy is a function of the number N of cells in the netlist and the Rent exponent p. We derive an expression for the entropy per cell and ...

ABSTRACT. We introduce the concept of post-placement interconnect entropy: the minimal number of bits required to describe a well-placed.

The concept of post-placement interconnect entropy is introduced: the minimal number of bits required to describe a well-placed netlist, ...

The entropy provides an achievable lower bound on the number of configuration bits in a programmable logic device (PLD) [or field-programmable gate array (FPGA)] ...

Previous Work on Configuration. Bit Requirement. ▫[Dehon, FPGA'96]. ○For a fully flexible programmable device, the number of configuration bits per cell ...

We call Hint the post-placement interconnect entropy per input. Loosely speaking, it represents the number of bits required to specify the relative location ...

Bibliographic details on Post-placement interconnect entropy.

Conventional reconfigurable components have substantially more interconnect configuration bits than they strictly need. Using count-.