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GSAS DATAPATH COMPILATION

Award Information
Agency: Department of Defense
Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
Contract: N/A
Agency Tracking Number: 13527
Amount: $50,000.00
Phase: Phase I
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: N/A
Solicitation Number: N/A
Timeline
Solicitation Year: N/A
Award Year: 1990
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A
Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A
Small Business Information
1406 Smith Rd
Austin, TX 78721
United States
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HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: No
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 Dr Gary Mcmillian
 (512) 385-0082
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Abstract

SYSTEMS & PROCESSES ENGINEERING CORPORATION (SPEC) HAS DEVELOPED A PROGRAM TO DEMONSTRATE TECHNOLOGY INDEPENDENT COMPILER TECHNOLOGY. SPEC HAS A JOINT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH VLSI TECHNOLOGY AND WITH VITESSE SEMICONDUCTOR TO DEVELOP GAAS DATAPATH "LEAF CELLS" FOR USE WITH VLSI TECHNOLOGY'S DATAPATH COMPILER. THE DATAPATH COMPILER USES TECHNOLOGY SPECIFIC LEAF CELLS TO CONSTRUCT OPTIMIZED N-BI DATAPATHS FROM TECHNOLOGY INDEPENDENT SCHEMATIC DESIGNS. THE COMPILED LYAOUT OFFERS HIGHER PERFORMANCE,LOWER POWERAND SMALLER SIZE THAN STANDARD CELL OR GATE ARRAY BASED DESIGNS. INITIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL BE FOR VITESSE'S DIRECT COUPLED FET LOGIC (DCFL) ENHANCEMENT/DEPLETION MODE GAAS PROCESS. DCFL CAN BE USED TO DESIGN HIGH SPEED, LOW POWER GAAS LOGIC, AND INTEGRATION LEVELS ARE PROJECTED TO REACH 100K EQUIVALENT NOR GATES BY THE END OF 1990. A BASIC SET OF DCFL ELEMENT CELLS WILL BE DEVELOPED (E.G. ALU, BARREL SHIFTER, REGISTER FILE, ADDER, MULTIPLEXOR, FLIP-FLOP, LATCH). DEVELOPMENT OF SOURCE COUPLED FET LOGIC (SCFL) LEAF CELLS WILL BE INVESTIGATED FOR APPLICATIONS THAT REQUIRE VERY HIGH SPEED GAAS DATAPATH LOGIC. SCFL OFFERS HIGHER SPEED AT THE EXPENSE OF INCREASED POWER COMSUMPTION AND LARGER LEAF CELLS. ANTICIPATED BENEFITS/POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS - DEVELOPMENT OF GAAS DATAPATH LEAF CELLS WILL ENABLE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNERS TO IMPLEMENT DESIGNS IN EITHER CMOS OR GAAS, AFTER COMPLETION OF THE FUNCTIONAL DESIGN. UPON COMPLETION OF THIS PROGRAM, FUNCTIONAL LEVEL ASIC DESIGNS CAN BE TRANSPARENTLY IMPLEMENTED IN GAAS OR CMOS, AS REQUIRED TO ACHIEVE OPTIMIXAED SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, E.G. HIGHER PERFORMANCE OR LOWER POWER COMSUPMTION. KEY WORDS - GALLIUM ARSENIDE, GAAS, DATAPATH COMPILER, LOGIC SYNTHESIS, CAE.

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