PUBLICATION

 

Book

 

¡P         D. D. Gajski, N. Dutt, Allen C.-H. Wu and Steve Y-L Lin, High-Level Synthesis: Introduction to Chip and System Design, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1992.

 

Journal Papers

 

¡P         C. H. Wu and P. C. Johnson, ¡§A Microcomputer¡XBased System for Mapping Microvascular Networks,¡¨ Int. Journal Microcirc: Clin Exp, 8,  p303-311, 1989.

¡P         Lawrence L. Larmore, D. D. Gajski, and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§Layout Placement for Sliced Architecture,¡¨ IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems,Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 102-114, January, 1992.

¡P         Allen C.-H. Wu and D. D. Gajski, ¡§Partitioning Algorithms for Layout Synthesis from Register-Transfer Netlists,¡¨ IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 453-463, April, 1992.

¡P         T. F. Lee, Allen C.-H. Wu, Y. L. Lin and D. D. Gajski, ¡§A Transformation-Based Method for Loop Folding,¡¨ IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 439-450, April, 1994.

¡P         C. D. Chen, Y. S. Lee, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Y. L. Lin, ¡§TRACER-fpga: A Router for RAM-Based FPGAs,¡¨ IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 371-374, March, 1995.

¡P         Allen C.-H. Wu and Youn-Long Lin, ¡§High-Level Synthesis-A Tutorial,¡¨ IEICE Transactions Information & Systems, Vol. E78-D, No. 3, pp. 209-218, March 1995. (Invited Paper: Special Issue on Synthesis and Verification of Hardware Design)

¡P         C. S. Chen, Y. W. Tsay, T. T. Hwang, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Y. L. Lin, ¡§Combining Technology Mapping and Placement for Delay-Minimization in FPGA Designs,¡¨ IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 14, No. 9, pp. 1076-1084, September 1995.

¡P         Tsing-Gen Lee, Wen-Jong Fang, and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§The Design and Implementation of A Cooperative Design-View Environment for Interactive Partitioning Applications,¡¨ Software - Practice & Experience, Vol. 26(10), pp. 1141-1160, Oct. 1996.

¡P         Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§Datapath Optimization Using Layout Information: An Empirical Study,¡¨, VLSI Design, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 195-209, 1997.

¡P         Y.-S. Lee and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§A Performance and Routability Driven Router for FPGAs Considering Path Delays,¡¨ IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 179-185, February 1997.

¡P         Yann-Rue Lin, Cheng-Tsung Hwang, and Allen C.-H. Wu ¡§Scheduling Techniques for Variable Voltage Low Power Designs¡¨, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 81-97, April 1997.

¡P         W.-J. Fang and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§A Hierarchical Functional Structuring and Partitioning Approach for Multiple-FPGA Implementations,¡¨ IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, Vol. 16, No. 10, pp. 1188-1195, October, 1997.

¡P         W.-J. Fang and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§Exploiting the Interaction between HDL Synthesis and Partitioning for High Density Multi-FPGA Designs,¡¨ IEEE Design & Test of Computers, pp.65-72, Vol. 5, No. 2, April-June, 1998.

¡P         H.-P. Su, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Y.-L. Lin, ¡§A Timing-Driven Soft-Macro Placement and Resynthesis Method in Interaction with Chip Floorplanning¡¨, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, pp. 475-483, Vol. 18, No. 4, April 1999.

¡P         W.-J. Fang, Allen C.-H. Wu, and D.-P. Chen, ¡§EmGen: A Module Generator for Logic-Emulation Applications,¡¨ IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, pp. 488-492, Vol. 7, No. 4, December 1999.

¡P         W.-J. Fang and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§Multi-Way FPGA Partitioning by Fully Exploiting Design Hierarchy,¡¨ ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, pp. 34-50, Vol. 15, No. 1, January 2000 .

¡P         C.-H. Hwang and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§A Predictive System Shutdown Method for Energy Saving of Event-Driven Computation,¡¨ ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, pp. 226-241, Vol. 5, No. 2, April 2000.

 

Conference Papers

 

¡P         N. Vander Zanden, Allen C.-H. Wu, and D. D. Gajski, ¡§Technology Mapping with Layout Constraints,¡¨ International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems and Applications, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 227-231, May, 1989.

¡P         Allen C.-H. Wu, N. Vander Zanden, and D. D. Gajski, ¡§An Algorithm for Transistor Sizing in CMOS Circuits,¡¨ The European Conference on Design Automation (EDAC), Glasgow, Scotland, pp. 589-593, March, 1990.

¡P         Allen C.-H. Wu, G. D. Chen, and D. D. Gajski, ¡§Silicon Compilation from Register-Transfer Schematics,¡¨ International Symposium Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), pp. 2576-2579, 1990.

¡P         Allen C.-H. Wu and D. D. Gajski, ¡§Partitioning Algorithms forLayout Synthesis from Register-Transfer Netlists,¡¨ International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Santa Clara, CA, pp. 144-147, November, 1990.

¡P         Allen C.-H. Wu and D. D. Gajski, ¡§Glue-Logic Partitioning for Floorplans with A Rectilinear Datapath,¡¨ The European Conference on Design Automation (EDAC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 162-166, February, 1991.

¡P         N. Vander Zanden, Allen C.-H. Wu, and D. D. Gajski, ¡§Logic Synthesis for Custom Layout,¡¨ The European Conference on Design Automation (EDAC), Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 588, February, 1991.

¡P         Allen C.-H. Wu, G. D. Chen and D. D. Gajski, ¡§Evaluation Driven Layout Synthesis,¡¨ International Symposium on VLSI Technology, Systems and Applications, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 167-171, May, 1991.

¡P         Allen C.-H. Wu, V. Chaiyakul, and D. D. Gajski, ¡§Layout Models for High-Level Synthesis,¡¨ International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Santa Clara, CA, pp.34-37, November, 1991.

¡P         D. D. Gajski, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Viraphol Chaiyakul, ¡§Layout Synthesis and Layout Models for Synthesis,¡¨ Synthesis and Simulation Meeting and International Interchange (SASIMI), Kobe, Japan, pp. 393-405, 1992.

¡P         T. F. Lee, Allen C.-H. Wu and Steve Y. L. Lin, ¡§A New Algorithm for Pipelining Loop Execution,¡¨ Synthesis and Simulation Meeting and International Interchange (SASIMI), Kobe, Japan, pp. 198-207, 1992.

¡P         Viraphol Chaiyakul, Allen C.-H. Wu and D. D. Gajski, ¡§Timing Models for High Level Synthesis,¡¨ EURO-DAC¡¦92, Hamburg, Germany, pp. 60-65, September, 1992.

¡P         Allen C.-H. Wu, Tedd S. Hadley and D. D. Gajski, ¡§An Efficient Multi-View Design Model for Real-Time Interactive Synthesis,¡¨ International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Santa Clara, CA, pp. 328-331, November, 1992.

¡P         C. Ramachandran, F. J. Kurdahi, D. D. Gajski, Allen C.-H. Wu and V. Chaiyakul, ¡§Accurate Layout Area and Delay Modeling for System Level Design,¡¨ International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Santa Clara, CA, pp. 355-361, November, 1992.

¡P         T. F. Lee, Allen C.-H. Wu, D. D. Gajski and Y. L. Lin, ¡§An Effective Methodology for Functional Pipelining,¡¨ International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Santa Clara, CA, pp. 230-233, November, 1992.

¡P         Y. W. Tsay, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Y. L. Lin, ¡§A Cell Placement Procedure That Utilizes Circuit Structural Properties,¡¨ The European Conference on Design Automation (EDAC-EUROASIC), Paris, France, pp. 189-193, February, 1993.

¡P         C. S. Chen, Y. W. Tsay, T. T. Hwang, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Y. L. Lin, ¡§Combining Technology Mapping and Placement for Standard Cell Based Designs,¡¨ Synthesis and Simulation Meeting and International Interchange (SASIMI), Japan, 394-403, 1993.

¡P         W. J. Chen, W. K. Cheng, T. F. Lee, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Y. L. Lin, ¡§On the Relationship Between Sequential Logic Retiming and Loop Folding,¡¨ Synthesis and Simulation Meeting and International Interchange (SASIMI), Japan, pp. 384-393, 1993.

¡P         C. S. Chen, Y. W. Tsay, T. T. Hwang, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Y. L. Lin, ¡§Combining Technology Mapping and Placement for Delay-Minimization in FPGA Designs,¡¨ International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Jose, CA, pp. 123-127, 1993.

¡P         T.-Y. Wu, T.-Z. Tien, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Y. L. Lin, ¡§A Synthesis Method for Mixed Synchronous/Asynchronous Behavior,¡¨ The European Conference on Design Automation (EDAC-ETC-EUROASIC), Paris, France, pp. 277-281, February, 1994.

¡P         K.-H. Wang, W.-S. Wang, T. T. Hwang, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Y. L. Lin,¡§State Assignment for Power and Area Minimization¡¨, International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), Cambridge, Massachusetts, pp. 250-254, 1994.

¡P         Y.-S. Lee and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§A Performance and Routability Driven Router for FPGAs Considering Path Delays,¡¨ The 32rd Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, pp. 557-561, 1995.

¡P         T.-G. Lee, W.-J. Fang, and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§EMPAR: An Interactive Synthesis Environment for Hardware Emulations,¡¨ Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Chiba, Japan, pp. 87-92, 1995.

¡P         W.-J. Fang and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§A Hierarchical Functional Structuring and Partitioning Approach for Multiple-FPGA Implementations,¡¨ International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Jose, CA, pp. 638-643, 1996.

¡P         W.-J. Fang, Allen C.-H. Wu, T.-Y. Yen, and T.-C. Lin ¡§DP_Gen: A Datapath Generator for Multiple-FPGA Applications,¡¨ Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Chiba, Japan, pp. 563-568, 1997.

¡P         W.-L. Ing, C.-T. Hwang, and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§Evaluating Cost-Performance Tradeoffs for System Level Applications,¡¨ Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Chiba, Japan, pp. 233-238, 1997.

¡P         C.-H. Hwang and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§An Entropy Measure for Power Estimation of Boolean Functions,¡¨ Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Chiba, Japan, pp. 101-106, 1997.

¡P         W.-J. Fang, Allen C.-H. Wu, and D.-P. Chen, ¡§Module Generation of Complex Macros for Logic-Emulation Applications,¡¨ ACM/SIGDA Fifth International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA¡¦97), Monterey, CA, pp. 69-75, 1997.

¡P         Y.-W. Tsay, W.-J. Fang, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Y.-L. Lin, ¡§Preserving HDL Synthesis Hierarchy for Cell Placement,¡¨ International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), Napa Valley, CA, pp. 169-174, 1997.

¡P         W.-J. Fang, Allen C.-H. Wu, and T.-Y. Yen, ¡§A Real-Time RTL Engineering-Change Method Supporting On-Line Debugging for Logic-Emulation Applications,¡¨ The 34th Design Automation Conference (DAC), Anaheim, CA, pp.101-106, 1997.

¡P         W.-J. Fang and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§Multi-Way FPGA Partitioning by Fully Exploiting Design Hierarchy,¡¨ The 34th Design Automation Conference (DAC), Anaheim, CA, pp.518-521, 1997.

¡P         W.-J. Fang and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§Application-Driven HDL Synthesis Methodologies for High Density Multi-FPGA Designs,¡¨ Asia-Pacific Conference on Hardware Description Languages  (APCHDL¡¦97), Hsinchu, Taiwan, pp.100-106, 1997.

¡P         C.-H. Hwang and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§A Predictive System Shutdown Method for Energy Saving of Event-Driven Computation,¡¨ International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Jose, CA, pp.28-32, 1997.

¡P         H.-P. Su, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Y.-L. Lin, ¡§Performance-Driven Soft-Macro Clustering and Placement by Preserving HDL Design Hierarchy,¡¨ International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), Monterey, CA, 1998.

¡P         W.-J. Fang and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§Performance-Driven Multi-FPGA Partitioning Using Functional Clustering and Replication,¡¨ The 35th Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, 1998.

¡P         W.-J. Fang, P.-C. Kao, and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§A Multi-Level FPGA Synthesis Method Supporting HDL Debugging for Emulation-Based Designs,¡¨ Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Hong Kong, pp. 351-354, 1999.

¡P         H.-P. Su, Allen C.-H. Wu, and Y.-L. Lin, ¡§A Timing-Driven Soft-Macro Resynthesis Method in Interaction with Chip Floorplanning,¡¨ The 36th Design Automation Conference (DAC), New Orleans, LA, pp. 262-267, 1999.

¡P         D. D. Gajski, A. C.-H. Wu, V. Chaiyakul, S. Mori, T. Nukiyama, and P. Bricaud, ¡§Essential Issues For IP Reuse¡¨, Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Yokohama, Japan, pp. 37-42, 2000. (Invited Tutorial)

¡P         Allen C.-H. Wu, B. McNamara, and J. I. Hillawi, ¡§A Methodology for Automating Design Reuse¡¨, The International HDL Conference (HDLCON2000), San Jose, CA, pp. 73-79, 2000.

¡P         Chien-Chu Kuo and Allen C.-H. Wu, ¡§Delay-Budgeting for A Timing-Closure-Driven Design Method¡¨, International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Jose, CA, 2000.