Computer Engineering Cider Seminars

This talk will give an overview of some of the algorithms used in logic synthesis. In addition to going over many of the basic algorithms, I will cover some techniques developed by Altera such as restructuring bus-muxes and post-processors. The talk will conclude by posing several challenging problems that we have not seen addressed in the literature.

David Mendel is a Senior Director at Altera Corporation, visiting from San Jose, California. David received a BS in Mathematics and Computer Engineering from U.C. San Diego in 1987 and an MS in Statistics from Stanford in 1989. In his 15 years at Altera, David has worked as an engineer in the areas of placement, partitioning, and architecture development and is an inventor on 30 issued patents. He currently manages a group responsible for Static Timing Analysis, Architecture Features, Architecture Development, Compiler Infrastructure, and Synthesis.