A stochastic wire-length distribution for gigascale integration (GSI) - Part II: Applications to clock frequency, power dissipation, and chip size estimation

Based on Rent's Rule, a well-established empirical relationship, a complete wire-length distribution for on-chip random logic networks is used to enhance a critical path model; to derive a preliminary dynamic power dissipation model; and to describe optimal architectures for multilevel wiring networks that provide maximum interconnect density and minimum chip size.