Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.
(Sholem Asch)
``When I use a word,'' Humpty Dumpty said in
rather a scornful tone, ``it means
just what I choose it to mean--neither more nor less.''
(Lewis Carroll)
Copyright ©1999 Marco Delaurenti
First of all I would like to thank my advisor,
Prof. M. Zamboni, Prof. G Piccinini,
Prof. G. Masera for their invaluable help, and Prof. P. Civera
for his being a bridge toward the real world.
Also many thanks to the VLSI-LAB members at Politecnico of Turin, Italy:
Mario for his input about the critical paths (no, I do not thank you for the
jazz songs that you play all day long), Luca for the long
discussions about books and movies (no, I haven't seen
the last Kubrick's movie), Andrea for his very good cocktails
(especially the ``Negroni'' one) and Danilo, because I forgot him every time
we went to lunch. Thanks also to Max (for he gave me the root password), and to
``Yuan&Svensson'' for the invention of the TSPC.
Special thanks, finally, to Mg, for her support and for have been tolerating
me till now.
Design and optimization techniques of high-speed VLSI circuits
Marco Delaurenti
PhD Dissertation
Date: December 1999