INSTED : an integrated structured tiling editor for very large scale integrated circuit design

This thesis presents the implementation details of an experimental, hierarchical, object-oriented, and user-friendly software system, developed to provide a portal to the use of a versatile integrated circuit design methodology, and a foundation for future design tools to build upon. Showcasing several features of both the language and the workstation with which this program was created, its data structures are examined and its functionality is explored. Examples of its use are given, and its efficiency is assessed. A large test circuit has been designed, and the results are promising, despite problems with efficiency. Several solutions to its problems are proposed, and directions for its extension are discussed.