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Call CAD Benchmarks ISCAS
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DATE: november 1994
TITLE: Call for CAD Benchmarks

Call for CAD Benchmarks

(Contributed by Franc Brglez of North Carolina State Univ.)

A new set of public domain benchmarks is being assembled to chal-
lenge  the  capabilities  of  existing tools while motivating the
development of new generation of algorithms and  tools.  Ideally,
this  set  will remove or at least reduce the need for individual
non-disclosure agreements and give equal access to the  same  set
of  new  challenges  to  all researchers from industry as well as
academia.  The goal for the public  domain  release  of  the  new
benchmark  set is June 30, 1995.  This new set will significantly
exceed the complexity and the versatility of the ISCAS85 and  IS-
CAS89 sets and be suitable for benchmarking test generation, log-
ic synthesis, optimization, standard cell or FPGA technology map-
ping,  logic  and  timing  verification, logic/switch/transistor-
level simulation, FPGA or standard cell  partitioning,  placement
and routing.

Benchmark submission guidelines are based on our experiences with
the ISCAS89 set:

   -  CAD Benchmarking Laboratory is prepared to sign a qualified 
	  NDA with any enterprise submitting a given benchmark. The 
	  qualification is that while the benchmark will be released 
	  into the public domain, the original owner of the benchmark 
	  will never be revealed, nor will any other information 
	  designated as sensitive by the submitting enterprise be revealed.
 
   -  Everybody submitting a bona-fide benchmark will be able to 
      participate in an anonymous review of the complete set of 
	  submitted benchmarks and rank the benchmark candidates for 
	  final selection in the public domain release. This in fact 
	  will form the core of the Benchmark Review Committee which 
	  will establish and publicize domain-specific benchmarking criteria.

Each benchmark submission proposal should be submitted to:

    Dr. Franc Brglez
    NCSU/CAD Benchmarking Laboratory (CBL)
    P.O. Box 12889
    Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2889
    TEL: (919)-248-1925
	FAX: (919)-248-9245
	EMAIL: brglez@cbl.ncsu.edu
 

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