Publications by Eleonora Testa

Algebraic and Boolean Optimization Methods for AQFP Superconducting Circuits

Giovanni De Micheli, Eleonora Testa, Heinz Riener, Siang-Yun Lee

Adiabatic quantum-flux-parametron (AQFP) circuits are a family of superconducting electronic (SCE) circuits that have recently gained growing interest due to their low-energy consumption, and may serve as alternative technology to overcome the down-scaling ...

IEEE2021

Three-Input Gates for Logic Synthesis

Giovanni De Micheli, Mathias Soeken, Dewmini Sudara Marakkalage, Eleonora Testa, Heinz Riener

Most logic synthesis algorithms work on graph representations of logic functions with nodes associated with arbitrary logic expressions or simple logic functions and iteratively optimize such graphs. While recent multilevel logic synthesis efforts focused ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2021

LUT-Based Optimization For ASIC Design Flow

Giovanni De Micheli, Luca Gaetano Amarù, Eleonora Testa

In this paper, we develop a new LUT-based optimization flow tailored for the synthesis of ASICs rather than FPGAs. We enhance LUT-mapping to consider the literal/AIG cost of LUT-nodes. We extend traditional Boolean methods to simplify and re-shape LUT-netw ...

2021

Three-Input Gates for Logic Synthesis

Giovanni De Micheli, Mathias Soeken, Dewmini Sudara Marakkalage, Eleonora Testa, Heinz Riener

2020

A Logic Synthesis Toolbox for Reducing the Multiplicative Complexity in Logic Networks

Giovanni De Micheli, Mathias Soeken, Luca Gaetano Amarù, Eleonora Testa, Heinz Riener

Logic synthesis is a fundamental step in the realization of modern integrated circuits. It has traditionally been employed for the optimization of CMOS-based designs, as well as for emerging technologies and quantum computing. Recently, it found applicatio ...

IEEE2020

Multiplier Architectures: Challenges and Opportunities with Plasmonic-based Logic

Giovanni De Micheli, Mathias Soeken, Eleonora Testa, Odysseas Zografos

Emerging technologies such as plasmonics and photonics are promising alternatives to CMOS for high throughput applications, thanks to their waveguide's low power consumption and high speed of computation. Besides these qualities, these novel technologies a ...

2020

Extending Boolean Methods for Scalable Logic Synthesis

Giovanni De Micheli, Mathias Soeken, Pierre-Emmanuel Julien Marc Gaillardon, Luca Gaetano Amarù, Eleonora Testa

In recent years, Boolean methods in logic synthesis have been drawing the attention of EDA researchers due to the continuous push to advance quality of results. Boolean methods require high computational cost, as they rely on complete functional properties ...

2020

Data Structures and Algorithms for Logic Synthesis in Advanced Technologies

Eleonora Testa

Logic synthesis is a key component of digital design and modern EDA tools; it is thus an essential instrument for the design of leading-edge chips and to push the limits of their performance. In the last decades, the electronic circuits community has evolv ...

EPFL2020

SAT-Sweeping Enhanced for Logic Synthesis

Giovanni De Micheli, Luca Gaetano Amarù, Eleonora Testa

SAT-sweeping is a powerful method for simplifying logic networks. It consists of merging gates that are proven equivalent (up to complementation) by running simulation and SAT solving in synergy. SAT-sweeping is used in both verification and synthesis appl ...

IEEE2020

A Hybrid Method for Spectral Translation Equivalent Boolean Functions

Giovanni De Micheli, Mathias Soeken, Eleonora Testa

The equivalence of Boolean functions with respect to five invariance (aka translation) operations has been well considered with respect to the Rademacher-Walsh spectral domain. In this paper, we introduce a hybrid approach that uses both the Reed-Muller an ...

IEEE2019