Proceedings of the 2007 international workshop on System level interconnect prediction

Abstract

On behalf of the organizing committee, we would like to welcome you to the 9th International Workshop on System-Level Interconnect Prediction (SLIP'07), held on March 17-18, 2007 at the Dolce Lakeway Resort and Spa in Austin, Texas. The SLIP workshop focuses on modeling and prediction of usable properties of optimized interconnect systems and their impact on system performance. Both theory and applications of interconnect prediction techniques are highlighted, with emphasis on applications to architectural and micro-architectural exploration, physical design, interconnect technology planning, and communication networks. In addition to the presentation of state-of-the-art papers in these fields, invited talks and tutorials by leading researchers aim to encourage dialogue between the architecture, physical design, and interconnect technology communities. Following a rigorous review process, the program committee has selected an outstanding set of 12 papers for publication in the proceedings and oral presentations at the workshop. The topics of selected papers cover a wide range of issues, including impact of new materials (e.g., low-k dielectrics, carbon nanotube bundles) on interconnect performance, congestion estimation and early interconnect characterization and planning, and the impact of process variation on interconnect performance. In addition to the contributed papers, we continue the SLIP tradition of featuring in the technical program several distinguished invited speakers. This year Avinoam Kolodny from Technion will speak about networks on chips, Majid Sarrafzadeh from UCLA will give a tutorial on congestion prediction, and Charles Alpert from IBM Austin Research Laboratory will speak on physical synthesis.