ISPD 2010 High Performance Clock Network Synthesis Contest


[News and Announcements]. [Introduction]. [Schedule]. [Evaluation and Ranking]. [Input/Output Format]. [Evaluation Script]. [Join the Contest]. [Submission Guideline]. [Terms and Conditions]

News and Announcements



Introduction

Continuing the tradition of spirited competition, the ISPD 2010 Steering Committee is pleased to announce a clock distribution network synthesis contest. Like the prior placement, routing and clocking contests, a set of benchmarks will be released; teams are invited to derive algorithms for a practical clock distribution network construction problem, with the best results winning fame, recognition, and a grand prize.

Call for Participation

For the contest announcement and call for participation, please see pdf and txt.

Schedule



Tool Evaluation and Ranking

Ranking

The clock distribution network solutions will be evaluated on the following metrics:

Input/Output Format

We work hard to make sure the input/output format is as simple as possible. The detailed description of the input/output format can be found in this text file.

Small sample input/output files

Here are a sample input file and a sample output file of a simple 7-sink clock network synthesis problem, with illustrations. [Input], [Output], [Explanation].

Evaluation Script



Join the Contest

If you are interested in participating in the contest, or even if you have any question, please feel free to send an email to Dr. Cliff Sze (csze@us.ibm.com). To ensure prompt response, please start with "ISPD2010-CNS" in the subject of your email.

CONTESTANTS

  • Details will be announced in January 2010.

    Submission Guideline

    Final submission time is set to (Feb 1) 11:59pm CST(UTC-6), which corresponds to, for example,
    You can send me an http-link such that I can download your binary (or source files), scripts, clock network synthesis result files and a one-page algorithm description from the link. Please zip or gtar all files.

    Terms and Conditions

    Sponsors

    The contest is sponsored in part by ACM SIGDA and Intel Corporation