17. DAC 1980: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Edwin B. Hassler Jr. (Ed.): Proceedings of the 17th Design Automation Conference, DAC '80, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, June 23-25, 1980. ACM/IEEE 1980 ISBN 0-89791-020-6
Edwin B. Hassler Jr.: Chairman's introduction. 1
Jerrier A. Haddad: Keynote speaker. 2
Lawrence M. Rosenberg: The evolution of design automation to meet the challanges of VLSI. 3-11
Koji Sato, Hiroyoshi Shimoyama, Takao Nagai, Masaru Ozaki, Toshihiko Yahara: A "grid-free" channel router. 22-31

Charles M. Eastman: System facilities for CAD databases. 50-56
Thomas Sidle: Weaknesses of commercial data base management systems in engineering applications. 57-61
Yacoub M. El-Ziq: A new test pattern generation system. 62-68
Miron Abramovici, Melvin A. Breuer: Fault diagnosis based on effect-cause analysis: An introduction. 69-76
Prabhakar Goel: Test generation costs analysis and projections. 77-84
Isao Shirakawa, Noboru Okuda, Takashi Harada, Sadahiro Tani, Hiroshi Ozaki: A layout system for the random logic portion of MOS LSI. 92-99
Frank R. Ramsay: Automation of design for uncommitted logic array. 100-107
John M. Gould, Teddy M. Edge: The standard transistor array (STAR): Part I A two-layer metal semicustom design system. 108-113
Jacob M. Miller: Inter-active graphic methods for automating mechanical engineering design and analyses. 114-128
Arvind M. Patel: Computer-aided assignment of manufacturing tolerances. 129-133
David W. Currier: Automation of sheet metal design and manufacturing. 134-138
Thomas M. McWilliams: Verification of timing constraints on large digital systems. 139-147
Arthur H. Altman, Alice C. Parker: The SLIDE simulator: A facility for the design and analysis of computer interconnections. 148-155
Wendell E. Cory, William M. van Cleemput: Developments in verification of design correctness (A Tutorial). 156-164
Robert Simpson Frew: A survey of space allocation algorithms in use in architectural design in the past twenty years. 165-174
Lawrence H. Goldstein, Evelyn L. Thigpen: SCOAP: Sandia controllability/observability analysis program. 190-196
J. Duane Northcutt: The design and implementation of fault insertion capabilities for ISPS. 197-209
Manuel A. d'Abreu, Edward W. Thompson: An accurate functional level concurrent fault simulator. 210-217
B. T. David: An integrated CAD system for architecture. 218-225
V. Jayakumar: A data structure for interactive placement of rectangular objects. 237-242
Walter Heyns, Willy Sansen, Herman Beke: A line-expansion algorithm for the general routing problem with a guaranteed solution. 243-249
Fumiya Tada, Kiyoshi Yoshimura, Takashi Kagata, Takeyoshi Shirakawa: A fast maze router with iterative use of variable search space restriction. 250-254
Michael J. Lorenzetti, Robert J. Smith II: An implementation of a saturated zone multi-layer printed circuit board router. 255-262
Edward J. McGrath, Telle Whitney: Design integrity and immunity checking: A new look at layout verification and design rule checking. 263-268
Shiu-Ping Chao, Yen-Son Huang, Lap Man Yam: A hierarchical approach for layout versus circuit consistency check. 269
Shiu-Ping Chao, Yen-Son Huang, Lap Man Yam: A hierarchical approach for layout versus circuit consistency check. 270-276
Takashi Mitsuhashi, Toshiaki Chiba, Makoto Takashima, Kenji Yoshida: An integrated mask artwork analysis system. 277-284
Neil Weste, Bryan D. Ackland: An IC design station needs a high performance color graphic display. 285-291
Frank D. Skinner: Interactive wiring system. 296-308
Günter Biehl, Werner Grass, P. S. Hall: Optimization of the influence of problem modifications on given microprogrammed controllers. 309-317

Carl R. McCaw: Design automation and VLSI in the 80's (Panel Discussion). 336-337
Jonathan Allen: A contemporary perspective on design automation and VLSI in the 80's (Position Statement). 338-339
Charles W. Gwyn: Design automation trends for VLSI in the 1980s (Position Statement). 340
R. M. Jacobs: Design automation and VLSI in the 80's (Position Statement). 341
Benjamin Lee: Design tools for VLSI (Position Statement). 342
A. Richard Newton: The VLSI design challenge of the 80's (Position Statement). 343-344
Martin B. Roberts: VLSI - a challenge for system designers (Position Statement). 345
Steve Sapiro: Desisn automation and VLSI in the 80's (Position Statement). 346-347
Felix P. Mallmann: The management of engineering changes using the PRIMUS system. 348-361
Gregory L. Smith, Sharon A. Stephens, Leonard L. Tripp, Wayne L. Warren: A tool to support design automation in batch manufacturing. 367-373
Ernst Ulrich, D. Lacy, N. Phillips, J. Tellier, M. Kearney, T. Elkind, R. Beaven: High-speed concurrent fault simulation with vectors and scalars. 374-380
Samiha Mourad: An optimized ATPG. 381-385
Norbert Giambiasi, A. Miara, D. Muriach: Methods for generalized deductive fault simulation. 386-392
Edward W. Thompson, Patrick G. Karger, W. R. Read Jr., Don Ross, John Smith, Richard von Blucher: The incorporation of functional level element routines into an existing digital simulation system. 394-401
Wilm E. Donath: Complexity theory and design automation. 412-419
Kenneth D. Yates: Design process analysis: A measurement and analysis technique. 420-421
D. E. Bering: The electronics engineer's design station. 422-429
P. Carmody, A. M. Barone, J. K. Morrell, A. Weiner, John L. Hennessy: An Interactive Graphics System for custom design. 430-439
John B. Macdonald, Mary K. Podlecki, Milt J. Pappas: Technical documentation by "MAGIC" (Machine Aided Graphics for Illustration and Composition. 440-445
Joe Dyer, Arijit Laha, Ernest J. Moran, William D. Smart: The use of graphics processors for circuit design simulation at GTE AE Labs. 446-450
Glenn W. Cox, B. D. Carroll: The Standard Transistor Array (star) (Part II automatic cell placement techniques). 451-457
Hiroshi Shiraishi, Fumiyasu Hirose: Efficient placement and routing techniques for master slice LSI. 458-464


Mark G. Karpovsky, Stephen Y. H. Su: Detecting bridging and stuck-at faults at input and output pins of standard digital components. 494-505
Albert E. Casavant, Daniel D. Gajski, David J. Kuck: Automatic design with dependence graphs. 506-515
Paul Losleben: The real world of design automation - part III or The user's viewpoint chairman's introduction (Panel Discussion). 516
R. A. Armstrong: A CAD user's perspective what gets done right wrong and not at all (Position Paper). 517
A. E. Fitch: Will your bridge stand the load? (Position Paper). 518
D. J. Garvin: Observations of a CAD user (Position Paper). 519
Ikuo Nishioka, Takuji Kurimoto, Hisao Nishida, Seiji Yamamoto, Toru Chiba, Toshiaki Nagakawa, Takatsugu Fujioka, Masashi Uchino: An automatic routing system for high density multilayer printed wiring boards. 520-527
Antoni A. Szepieniec, Ralph H. J. M. Otten: The genealogical approach to the layout problem. 535-542
Sajjan G. Shiva: Combinational logic synthesis from an HDL description. 550-555
J. Philip Singleton, Nigel R. Crocker: Practical automated design of LSI for large computers. 556-559
Ernst Ulrich: Table lookup techniques for fast and flexible digital logic simulation. 560-563
R. E. Powell: Justification and financial analysis for CAD. 564-571
Paul R. Hanau, David R. Lenorovitz: A prototyping and simulation approach to interactive computer system design. 572-578
Frank Bliss, George M. Hyman: Selecting and successfully implementing a turnkey computer graphics system. 579-584
James A. Wilmore: A hierarchical bit-map format for the representation of IC mask data. 585-589
Alfred E. Dunlop: SLIM-the translation of symbolic layouts into mask data. 595-602
Ulrich Lauther: A data structure for gridless routing. 603-609
Vishwani D. Agrawal, Ajoy K. Bose, Patrick Kozak, Hao N. Nham, Ernesto Pacas-Skewes: A mixed-mode simulator. 618-625
Tohru Sasaki, Akihiko Yamada, Shunichi Kato, Terufumi Nakazawa, Kyoji Tomita, Nobuyoshi Nomizu: MIXS: A mixed level simulator for large digital system logic verification. 626-633
Dan C. Nash, Keith Russell, Paul Silverman, Mary Thiel: Functional level simulation at Raytheon. 634-641
Sam Bala Daram: Position statement - CAD for VLSI. 642



