M. M. Khellah

While improving circuit's speed and reducing its area have been the primary figure of merits in digital VLSI design, more efforts are now spent on minimizing power dissipation. This is becoming equally true for both high-performance chips, such as microprocessors, to reduce cool…

This thesis provides research results that suggest ways in which the speed-performance of array-based FPGAs, like those from Xilinx, can be improved through enhancing their interconnect. Using an experimental approach, we study this issue from both the perspective of improving t…