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AIDE - a tool for computer architecture design

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DAC '81: Proceedings of the 18th Design Automation Conference

Pages 796 - 803

Published: 29 June 1981 Publication History

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AIDE (Architecture Design Environment) is a modeling and simulation system designed to support the development of computer architectures. By providing a modular, hierarchical modeling environment plus interactive simulation and performance evaluation capabilities, AIDE facilitates the critical analysis necessary in top-down architecture designs. The system currently runs under the UNIX* operating system on a VAX** 11/780. This paper presents the organization of AIDE and discusses its application to computer architecture design.

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Agrawal VPoon SWalker TDominick W(1985)VLSI design processProceedings of the 1985 ACM thirteenth annual conference on Computer Science10.1145/320599.322570(74-78)Online publication date: 1-Mar-1985
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/320599.322570
Elias NWetzel ARadke COfek HShaklee DLosleben PNash JPistilli PLambert PPreas BLerman H(1983)The IC Module Compiler, a VLSI system design aidProceedings of the 20th Design Automation Conference10.5555/800032.800639(46-49)Online publication date: 27-Jun-1983
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/800032.800639

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Agrawal VPoon SWalker TDominick W(1985)VLSI design processProceedings of the 1985 ACM thirteenth annual conference on Computer Science10.1145/320599.322570(74-78)Online publication date: 1-Mar-1985
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Elias NWetzel ARadke COfek HShaklee DLosleben PNash JPistilli PLambert PPreas BLerman H(1983)The IC Module Compiler, a VLSI system design aidProceedings of the 20th Design Automation Conference10.5555/800032.800639(46-49)Online publication date: 27-Jun-1983
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/800032.800639

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