00998naa a2200157 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001910000140006024500250007426000090009930000130010852006120012165000140073365300090074777300840075610036372007-08-17       1983    bl uuuu     u00u1 u    #d1 aALLEN, J.  aVLSI overall design.  c1983  ap.31-40.  aThis paper characterises the overall VLSI system design process in terms of a number of different tasks appropriate to a large variety of different representations. The functional tasks must be formally specified and the performance of each task must be varied over a large variety of architectural alternatives. The complexity of Fifth Generation designs will emphasise the need for a designer's expertise to be brought into programs that both generate these representations and transform between them. The three major VLSI technologies that are expected to gain prominence during this decade are assessed.  acomputers  aVLSI  tIn: THE FIFTH generation computer project. Maidenhead: Pergamon Infotech, 1983.