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TOPS PROJECT. Nur A. Touba Computer Engineering Research Center Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Texas at Austin. TOPS PROJECT. TOPS = Totally Optimized Synthesis Address Dependability at Highest Possible Level of Design Funded by DARPA, 1991-1997
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TOPS PROJECT Nur A. Touba Computer Engineering Research Center Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Texas at Austin
TOPS PROJECT • TOPS = Totally Optimized Synthesis • Address Dependability at Highest Possible Level of Design • Funded by DARPA, 1991-1997 • Students Involved • LaNae Avra • Nur Touba • Rob Norwood • Nirmal Saxena • Subhasish Mitra • CRC Visitors • Laurent Gerrbaux • Jean-Charles Giomi • Francoise Martinolle
TOPS PROJECT • High-Level Synthesis Techniques • Enhance Self-Test Capability • Exploit Scan Dependence • Orthogonal Scan
TOPS PROJECT • Logic Synthesis Techniques • Testability Driven Factoring • Improve Random Pattern Testability • Reduce Test Points • Deterministic BIST • Bit-Fixing to Embed Test Patterns for r.p.r. Fault • Scan Synthesis for One-Hot Signals • Concurrent Error Detection in Multi-Level Circuits
CRC EMPHASIS • Clearly Presenting Results • Written • Oral