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| ===== The VLSI Memos ===== | ====== The VLSI Memos ====== |
| Over the course of 7 years, the Microsystems Research Center of MIT undertook a series of advanced research inquiries in early Very Large Scale Integrated-circuit (VLSI) technology. Publicized as 428 unique papers documenting their research in three distinct phases, fifteen MIT faculty worked tirelessly to achieve this relatively obscure body of work which culminated in the design and fabrication of [[category:hardware|two unique chips]]. A detailed summary can be found by reading the final report [[category:vlsi_memos:a_coherent_vlsi_design_environment|"A Coherent VLSI Design Environment"]]. | Over the course of 7 years, the Microsystems Research Center of MIT undertook a series of advanced research inquiries in early Very Large Scale Integrated-circuit (VLSI) technology. Publicized as 428 unique papers documenting their research in three distinct phases, fifteen MIT faculty worked tirelessly to achieve this relatively obscure body of work which culminated in the design and fabrication of [[category:hardware|two unique chips]]. A detailed summary can be found by reading the final report [[category:vlsi_memos:a_coherent_vlsi_design_environment|"A Coherent VLSI Design Environment"]]. |
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| Currently only a small number of these papers have been excavated from the MIT Archives with the studious help of the staff there. There presently remains the challenge of correctly converting RCA titles into their correct form. | Currently only a small number of these papers have been excavated from the MIT Archives with the studious help of the staff there. There presently remains the challenge of correctly converting RCA titles into their correct form. |
| | ===== Timeline ===== |
| ==== Background ==== | ==== Background ==== |
| The initial proposal made by [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Professor Paul Penfield]] was made on January 4th, 1980 and is the first memo [[category:vlsi_memos:80-1|"Integrated Circuit Series" 80-1]]. | The initial proposal made by [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Professor Paul Penfield]] was made on January 4th, 1980 and is the first memo [[category:vlsi_memos:80-1|"Integrated Circuit Series" 80-1]]. |
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| Penfield states that the goal of the series was to "disseminate recent results and ideas in various stages of development to others at M.I.T. who may be interested." | Here, Penfield states that the goal of the series was to "disseminate recent results and ideas in various stages of development to others at M.I.T. who may be interested." |
| However most of this memo is dedicated to describing how memos will be handled and published (if at all), along with general guidelines for writing. | The remainder of the memo is dedicated to describing how memos will be handled and published (if at all), along with general guidelines for writing. |
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| Several memos were published this day and within the following few months. | Several memos were published this day and within the following few months. |
| [[category:vlsi_memos:80-1|80-1 "Integrated Circuit Series,"]] [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Paul Penfield, Jr.]], January 1980. (4 pp.)\\ | [[category:vlsi_memos:80-1|80-1 "Integrated Circuit Series,"]] [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Paul Penfield, Jr.]], January 1980. (4 pp.)\\ |
| [[category:vlsi_memos:80-2|80-2 "Using APL on the Speech System 20,"]] [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Paul Penfield, Jr.]], January 1980. (7 pp.)\\ | [[category:vlsi_memos:80-2|80-2 "Using APL on the Speech System 20,"]] [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Paul Penfield, Jr.]], January 1980. (7 pp.)\\ |
| [[category:vlsi_memos:80-3|80-3 "Design Considerations for a Partial Differential Equation Machine,"]] Arvind and [[category:people:randal_e_bryant|Randal E. Bryant]], January 1980. (10 pp.)\\ | [[category:vlsi_memos:80-3|80-3 "Design Considerations for a Partial Differential Equation Machine,"]] [[category:people:arvind|Arvind]] and [[category:people:randal_e_bryant|Randal E. Bryant]], January 1980. (10 pp.)\\ |
| [[category:vlsi_memos:80-4|80-4 "Information Transfer and Area-Time Tradeoffs for VLSI Multiplication,"]] [[category:people:harold_abelson|Harold Abelson]] and [[category:people:peter_andreae|Peter Andreae]], January 1980. (9 pp.)\\ | [[category:vlsi_memos:80-4|80-4 "Information Transfer and Area-Time Tradeoffs for VLSI Multiplication,"]] [[category:people:harold_abelson|Harold Abelson]] and [[category:people:peter_andreae|Peter Andreae]], January 1980. (9 pp.)\\ |
| [[category:vlsi_memos:80-4|80-5 "A Monolithic Moisture Sensor,"]] [[category:people:kou_togashi|Kou Togashi]] and [[category:people:stephen_d_senturia|Stephen D. Senturia]], January 1980. (9 pp.)\\ | [[category:vlsi_memos:80-4|80-5 "A Monolithic Moisture Sensor,"]] [[category:people:kou_togashi|Kou Togashi]] and [[category:people:stephen_d_senturia|Stephen D. Senturia]], January 1980. (9 pp.)\\ |
| [[category:vlsi_memos:80-9|80-9 "Reflections on AIDS-79,"]] [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Paul Penfield, Jr.]], March 1980. (4 pp.) | [[category:vlsi_memos:80-9|80-9 "Reflections on AIDS-79,"]] [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Paul Penfield, Jr.]], March 1980. (4 pp.) |
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| === Advanced Research in VLSI === | ==== Advanced Research in VLSI ==== |
| In [[category:vlsi_memos:a_coherent_vlsi_design_environment|the final report]] this first phase of research is listed as beginning on the 12 May, 1980 and ending 2 years to the day on the 11th of May, 1982. | In [[category:vlsi_memos:a_coherent_vlsi_design_environment|the final report]] this first phase of research is listed as beginning on the 12 May, 1980 and ending 2 years to the day on the 11th of May, 1982. |
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| | === 1980 === |
| [[category:vlsi_memos:80-10|80-10 "Student Guide to VLSI Research at M.I.T.,"]] [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Paul Penfield, Jr.]], Revised yearly. (15 pp.)\\ | [[category:vlsi_memos:80-10|80-10 "Student Guide to VLSI Research at M.I.T.,"]] [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Paul Penfield, Jr.]], Revised yearly. (15 pp.)\\ |
| [[category:vlsi_memos:80-11|80-11 "Introduction to the Design Rule Checker,"]] [[category:people:larry_seiler|Larry Seiler]], March 1980. (3 pp.)\\ | [[category:vlsi_memos:80-11|80-11 "Introduction to the Design Rule Checker,"]] [[category:people:larry_seiler|Larry Seiler]], March 1980. (3 pp.)\\ |
| [[category:vlsi_memos:80-39|80-39 "The Apiary Network Architecture for Knowledgeable Systems,"]] [[category:people:carl_hewett|Carl Hewett]], December 1980. (11 pp.) | [[category:vlsi_memos:80-39|80-39 "The Apiary Network Architecture for Knowledgeable Systems,"]] [[category:people:carl_hewett|Carl Hewett]], December 1980. (11 pp.) |
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| | === 1981 === |
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| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-40|81-40 "Signal Delay in RC Tree Networks,"]] [[category:people:jorge_rubinstein|Jorge Rubinstein]], [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Paul Penfield, Jr.]] and [[category:people:mark_a_horowitz|Mark A. Horowitz]], January 1981. (7 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-41|81-41 "Special Purpose Hardware for Design Rule Checking."]] [[category:people:larry_seiler|Larry Seiler]], February 1981. (20 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-42|81-42 "Electron Beam Testing and Restructuring of Integrated Circuits,"]] [[category:people:d_c_shaver|D. C. Shaver]], February 1981. (17 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-43|81-43 "A One Transistor RAM for MPC Projects,"]] [[category:people:james_j_cherry|James J. Cherry]] and [[category:people:gerald_l_roylance|Gerald L. Roylance]], February 1981. (13 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-44|81-44 "A Multiproject Chip Approach to the Teaching of Analog MOS LSI and VLSI,"]] [[category:people:yannis_p_tsividis|Yannis P. Tsividis]] and [[category:people:dimitri_a_antoniadis|Dimitri A. Antoniadis]], February 1981. (17 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-45|81-45 "The Scaling of Clock Noise in MOS Integrated Circuits,"]] [[category:people:lance_a_glasser|Lance A. Glasser]], March 1981. (4 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-46|81-46 "New Layouts for the Shuffle-Exchange Graph,"]] [[category:people:daniel_kleitman|Daniel Kleitman]], [[category:people:frank_thomson_leighton|Frank Thomson Leighton]], [[category:people:margaret_lepely|Margaret Lepely]] and [[category:people:gary_l_miller|Gary L. Miller]], March 1981 (15 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-47|81-47 "MOSSIM: A Switch-Level Simulator for MOS LSI,"]] [[category:people:randal_e_bryant|Randal Bryant]], April 1981. (15 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-48|81-48 "Signal Delay in MOS Interconnections,"]] [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Paul Penfield, Jr.]] and [[category:people:jorge_rubinstein|Jorge Rubinstein]], April 1981. (15 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-49|81-49 "MOSFETs on Silicon Prepared by Moving Melt Zone Recrystallization of Encapsulated Polycrystaline Silicon on an Insulating Substrate,"]] E. Maby, M. Geis, Y. LeCoz, D. Silversmith, R. Mountain, and [[category:people:dimitri_a_antoniadias|D. A. Antoniadis]], May 1981. (13 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-50|81-50 "A Switch-Level Simulation Model for Integrated Logic Circuits,"]] [[category:people:randal_e_bryant|Randal E. Bryant]], June 1981. (219 pp)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-51|81-51 "A Hardware Compiler for Boolean Logic Functions,"]] [[category:people:douglas_d_williams|Douglas D. Williams]], June 1981. (53 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-52|81-52 "A Switch-Level Model of MOS Logic Circuits,"]] [[category:people:randal_e_bryant|Randal E. Bryant]], June 1981. (10 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-53|81-53 "MSHOW: Multi-Media Layout Display Program,"]] [[category:people:gary_e_kopec|Gary E. Kopec]], July 1981. (13 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-54|81-54 "The Impact of VLSI on Signal Processing Algorithms and Architectures,"]] [[category:people:gary_e_kopec|Gary E. Kopec]], July 1981. (7 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-55|81-55 "Principal Values and Branch Cuts in Complex APL,"]] [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Paul Penfield, Jr.]], July 1981. (9 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-56|81-56 "Chopper Stabilization of MOS Operation Amplifiers Using Feed-Forward Techniques,"]] [[category:people:michael_c_w_coln|Michael C. W. Coln]], July 1981. (16 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-57|81-57 "AIDS, APL Integrated-Circuit Design System,"]] [[category:people:professor_paul_penfield_jr|Paul Penfield, Jr.]], July 1981. (8 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-58|81-58 "Optimal Layouts for Small Shuffle-Exchange Graphs,"]] [[category:people:frank_thomson_leighton|Frank T. Leighton]] and [[category:people:gary_l_miller|Gary L. Miller]], August 1981. (10 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-59|81-59 "A Low Temperature Process to Increase the Grain Size in Polysilicon Films,"]] [[category:people:rafael_reif|Rafael Reif]] and [[category:people:johnathan_e_knott|Jonathan E. Knott]], August 1981. (12 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-60|81-60 "A Low Temperature Process to Produce Large-Grain Uniformly-Oriented Polycrystalline Silicon Films on Amorphous Substrates,"]] [[category:people:johnathan_e_knott|Jonathan E. Knott]], August 1981 (50 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-61|81-61 "HISDL - A Structure Description Language,"]] [[category:people:willie_yp_lim|Willie Y-P. Lim]], September 1981. (16 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-62|81-62 "The Syntactic Analysis of VLSI Systems Using Graphs,"]] [[category:people:lance_a_glasser|Lance A. Glasser]], September 1981. (5 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-63|81-63 "Clocking Semi-Groups for VLSI Circuit Analysis,"]] [[category:people:lance_a_glasser|Lance A. Glasser]], September 1981. (4 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-64|81-64 "Vertical Single-Gate CMOS Inverters on Laser-Processed Multilayer Substrates,"]] G. T. Goeloe, E. Maby, D. J. Silversmith, R. W. Mountain, and [[category:people:dimitri_a_antoniadis|D. A. Antoniadis]], September 1981. (3 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-65|81-65 "An Introduction to DPL,"]] [[category:people:john_batali|John Batali]], October 1981. (24 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-66|81-66 "Optimal Placement for River Routing,"]] [[category:people:charles_e_leiserson|Charles E. Leiserson]] and [[category:people:ron_y_pinter|Ron Y. Pinter]], October 1981. (16 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-67|81-67 "Oxidation Induced Point Defects in Silicon,"]] [[category:people:dimitri_a_antoniadis|Dimitri A. Antoniadis]], October 1981. (24 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-68|81-68 "Use of Process and 2-D MOS Simulation in the Study of Doping Profile Influence on S/D Resistance in Short Channel MOSFET's,"]] P. Antognetti, C. Lombardi, and [[category:people:dimitri_a_antoniadis|D. Antoniadis]], October 1981. (4 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-69|81-69 "Transmission Diffraction Gratings for Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy and Spatial Period Division,"]] [[category:people:andrew_michael_hawryluk|Andrew Michael Hawryluk]], October 1981. (182 pp.)\\ |
| | [[category:vlsi_memos:81-70|81-70 "Dynamics of Oxygen Incorporation During Czochralski Silicon Growth,"]] [[category:people:david_francis_bliss|David Francis Bliss]], November 1981. (69 pp.) |
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| | ==== Theory and Practice for Large-Scale Systems ==== |
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| === Theory and Practice for Large-Scale Systems === | ==== A Coherent VLSI Design Environment ==== |
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| === A Coherent VLSI Design Environment === | ===== References ===== |
