303 Standard LSI Design Automation systems are database management systems that aid the circuit designer by organizing Lhe collection of submodules LhaL comprise a chip. This Lype of file sysLem usually does noL aid in the acLUa/ computation of silicon layouL. and can hinder a designer with program constraints that have lillie or nothing to do with silicon constraints. The Bristle Block system is an auempt Lo create a silicon compiler that will perfonn the majority of the implementation

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... ion while placing a minimum set of conslraints on the designer. The goal of the Bristle Rlock system is to produce an entire LSI mask set from a single page, high level description of the integrated circuiL