Refereed Journal Papers

• J. D. Meindl and J.A. Davis, "Interconnect Performance Limits of Gigascale Integration (GSI)," Materials Chemistry and Physics, vol. 41, no. 3, pp. 161-166, August 1995.
• J. D. Meindl, J.A. Davis, and G. Vish, "A New Metric for GSI," Pico Frontier, June 1, 1996.
• J.A. Davis, V.K. De, and J.D. Meindl, "A Stochastic Wire Length Distribution for Gigascale Integration (GSI) Part I: Derivation and Validation," IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 580-589, March 1998.
• J.A. Davis, V.K De, and J.D. Meindl, "A Stochastic Wire Length Distribution for Gigascale Integration (GSI) Part II: Applications to Clock Frequency, Power Dissipation, and Chip Size Estimation," IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 590-597, March 1998.
• J. A. Davis and J.D. Meindl, "Is Interconnect the Weak Link?" Circuits and Devices Magazine, pp. 30-36, March 1998.
• J. D. Meindl and J.A. Davis, “The Fundamental Limit on Binary Switching Energy for Terascale Integration (TSI),” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, vol. 35, no. 10, pp. 1515-1516, October 2000.
• J. A. Davis and J. D. Meindl, “Compact Distributed RLC Interconnect Models Part I: Single Line Transient, Time Delay, and Overshoot Expressions,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 2068-2077, November 2000.
• J. A. Davis and J. D. Meindl, “Compact Distributed RLC Interconnect Models Part II: Coupled Line Transient Expressions and Peak Crosstalk in Multilevel Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 47, no. 11, pp. 2078-2087, November 2000.
• Q. Chen, J. A. Davis, P. Zarkesh-Ha, and J. D. Meindl, “A Compact Physical via Blockage Model,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 689-692, December 2000.
• P. Zarkesh-Ha, J. A. Davis, and J. D. Meindl, “Prediction of Net-Length Distribution for Global Interconnects in a Heterogeneous System-on-a-Chip,” IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 649-659, December 2000.
• J.A. Davis, R. Venkatesan, A. Kaloyeros, M. Bylansky, S.J. Souri, K. Banerjee, K.C. Saraswat, A. Rahman, R. Reif, and J.D. Meindl, “Interconnect Limits on Gigascale Integration (GSI) in the 21st Century,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 89, no. 3, pp. 305-324, March 2001.
• J.D. Meindl, Q. Chen, and J.A. Davis, "Limits on Silicon Nanoelectronics for Terascale Integration," Science, vol. 293, no. 5537, pp. 2044-2049, September, 2001.
• R. Venkatesan, J. A. Davis, K. A. Bowman, and J. D. Meindl, "Optimal n-Tier Multilevel Interconnect Architectures for Gigascale Integration (GSI)," IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 899-912, December 2001.
• J. W. Joyner, R. Venkatesan, P. Zarkesh-Ha, J.A. Davis, and J. D. Meindl, "Impact of Three-dimensional Architectures on Interconnects in Gigascale Integration," IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 922-928, December 2001.
• R. Venkatesan, J.A. Davis, and J.D. Meindl, "Compact Distributed RLC Interconnect Models – Part III: Transients in Single and Coupled Lines with Capacitive Load Termination,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 1081-1093, April 2003.
• R. Venkatesan, J.A. Davis, and J.D. Meindl, "Compact Distributed RLC Interconnect Models – Part IV: Unified Models for Time Delay, Crosstalk and Repeater Insertion,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 1094-1102, April 2003.
• A. Naeemi, J. A. Davis, and J. D. Meindl, “Analysis and Optimization of Co-planar RLC Lines for GSI global interconnection,” IEEE Trans. Electron. Devices, vol. 51, pp. 985-995, June 2004.
• A. Naeemi, J. A. Davis, and J. D. Meindl, “Compact physical models for multilevel interconnect crosstalk in GSI,” Letter of final acceptance received Sept. 9, 2004 to IEEE Trans. Electron. Devices.
• V. Deodhar and J.A. Davis, "Optimization of Throughput performance for Low Power VLSI Interconnects,"Letter of final acceptance received August 31, 2004 to IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems.
• A. Joshi and J.A. Davis, "Wave-Pipelined Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) Routing for Gigascale Integration," submitted October 2004 to IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems.

Refereed Conference Publications

• V.K. De, J.C. Eble, D.S. Wills, J.A. Davis, and J.D. Meindl, "A Generic System Simulator (GENESYS) for Microelectronics Technology and Applications,” Proceedings of the Government Microcircuit Application Conference (GOMAC'96), Orlando, FL, March 1996, pp. 439-442.
• J. A. Davis, V. K. De, and J.D. Meindl, "A Priori Wiring Estimations and Optimal Multilevel Wiring Networks for Portable ULSI Systems," Proceedings of 46th Electronic Components and Technology Conference, Orlando, FL, May 1996, pp. 1002-1008.
• J.C. Eble, V.K. De, J.A. Davis, and J.D. Meindl, "Optimal Multilevel Interconnect Technologies for Gigascale Integration (GSI),” 1996 Proceedings of the 13th Annual VLSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference (VMIC), Santa Clara, CA, June 1996, pp. 40-45.
• J. A. Davis, J. C. Eble, V. K. De, and J. D. Meindl, "A Complete Stochastic Wiring Distribution for Gigascale Integration (GSI)," Material Research Society Symposium Proceedings, San Francisco, CA, vol. 427, 1996, pp. 23-34.
• J. A. Davis, V. K. De, and J. D. Meindl, "Optimal Low Power Interconnect Networks,” Digest of Technical Papers of the 1996 Symposium on VLSI Technology, Honolulu, HI, June1996, pp. 78-79.
• J.D. Meindl, V.K. De, D.S. Wills, J.C. Eble, X. Tang, J.A. Davis, B. Austin, and A.J. Bhavnagarwala, "Impact of Stochastic Dopant and Interconnect Distributions on Gigascale Integration," Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference, San Francisco, CA, February 1997, pp. 232-233.
• J.D. Meindl, J.A. Davis, X. Tang, J.C. Eble, A.J. Bhavnagarawala, and B. Austin, "Intrinsic Limits on Gigascale Integration due to Stochastic Dopant and Interconnect Placement," Proceedings of the Government Microcircuit Application Conference (GOMAC '97), Las Vegas, NV, March 1997, pp. 305-308.
• J. A. Davis, V. K. De, and J. D. Meindl, "A Stochastic Wire Length Distribution for Gigascale Integration," Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp.145-150, May 1997.
• J.A. Davis and J.D. Meindl, "Interconnect Limits on Gigascale Integration (GSI)," Material Research Society Symposium Proceedings, San Francisco, CA , vol. 473, pp. 293-302, 1997.
• P. Zaresh-Ha, J.A. Davis, W. Loh, and J.D. Meindl, "On a Pin Versus Gate Relationship for Heterogeneous Systems: Heterogeneous Rent's Rule," Proceedings of the Custom Integrated Circuit Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 93-96, May 1998.
• J.A. Davis and J.D. Meindl, "Length, Scaling, and Material Dependence of Crosstalk between Distributed RC Interconnects," Proceedings of the 1999 International Interconnect Technology Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 227-229, May 1999.
• J.A. Davis and J.D. Meindl, "Compact Distributed RLC Models for Multilevel Interconnect Networks," 1999 VLSI Symposium on Technology Digest of Technical Papers, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 165-166, June 1999.
• R. Venkatesan, J.A. Davis, and J.D. Meindl, "Performance Enhancement Through Optimal N-tier Multilevel Interconnect Architectures," Proceedings of the 12th IEEE ASIC/SOC Conference, Washington, DC, pp. 19-23, Sept. 1999.
• J. W. Joyner, P. Zarkesh-Ha, J. A. Davis, and J. Meindl, “Vertical Pitch Limitations on Performance Enhancement in Bonded Three-Dimensional Interconnect Architectures,” Proceedings of the International Workshop on System-Level Interconnect Prediction, San Diego, CA, pp. 123-127, April 2000.
• P. Zarkesh-Ha, J. A. Davis, W.  Loh, and J. Meindl, “Prediction of Interconnect Fan-out Distribution Using Rent’s Rule,” Proceedings of the International Workshop on System-Level Interconnect Prediction, San Diego, CA, pp. 107-112, April 2000.
• J. W. Joyner, P. Zarkesh-Ha, J. A. Davis, and J. D. Meindl, “A Three-Dimensional Stochastic Wire-Length Distribution for Variable Separation of Strata,” Proceedings of the International Interconnect Technology Conference, San Francisco, pp. 1126-1128, June 2000.
• R. Venkatesan, J.A. Davis, K. Bowman, and J. Meindl, "Optimal Repeater Insertion for N-tier Multilevel Interconnect Architectures," Proceedings of the International Interconnect Technology Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 132-134, June 2000.
•  Q. Chen, J. A. Davis, P. Zarkesh-Ha, and J. D. Meindl, “A Novel Via Blockage Model and Its Implications,” Proceedings of the International Interconnect Technology Conference, San Francisco, CA, pp. 15-17, June 2000.
• R. Venkatesan, J.A. Davis, K. A. Bowman, and J. D. Meindl, "Minimum Power and Area N-Tier Multilevel Interconnect Architectures Using Optimal Repeater Insertion,” Proceedings of the International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, Rapallo/Portofino Coast, Italy, pp. 167-172, July 26-27, 2000.
• J. D. Meindl, R. Venkatesan, J. Davis, J. Joyner, A. Naeemi, P. Zarkesh-Ha, M. Bakir, T. Mule, P. Kohl, and K. Martin, “Interconnecting Device Opportunities for Gigascale Integration (GSI),” Technical Digest of International Meeting on Electron Device Meeting, Washington, DC, pp. 525-258, December 2001.
• A. Naeemi, J. A. Davis, and J. D. Meindl, “Analytical Models for Coupled Distributed RLC Lines with Ideal and Non-Ideal Return Paths,” Technical Digest of International Meeting on Electron Devices Meeting, Washington, DC, pp. 689-692, December 2001.
• R. Venkatesan, J.A. Davis, and J.D. Meindl, "A Complete Physical Model for Distributed RLC Interconnects -- Transient Voltage, Time Delay and Crosstalk," Proceeding of the IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), New Orleans, pp.763-766, June 2002.
• R. Venkatesan, J.A. Davis and J.D. Meindl, "Time Delay, Crosstalk and Repeater Insertion Models for High Performance SoC's," Proceedings of the IEEE ASIC/SOC Conference, Rochester, NY, pp. 404-408, Sept. 2002.
•  H. Shah, P. Shiu, B. Bell, M. Aldredge, N. Sopory, and J.A. Davis, “Repeater insertion and wire sizing optimization for throughput-centric VLSI Global Interconnect,” IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, San Jose, CA, pp. 280-284, Nov. 2002.
• A. Naeemi, J.A. Davis, and J.D. Meindl, “Optimal Global Interconnect Devices for GSI,” Technical Digest of International Electron Device Meeting, Washington, D.C. pp.319-322, Dec. 2002.
•  P. Anbalagan and J.A. Davis, "Maximum Multiplicity Distributions (MMD)," International Workshop on System Level Interconnect Prediction, Monterey, CA, pp. 107-113, April 2003.
• A. Talpasanu, G. Milford, K. S. A. Miles, and J.A. Davis "Computer Educational Datapath (CED): Basic Computer Design for K-12 Education," IEEE International Conference on Information Technology (ITCC), Las Vegas, Nevada, pp. 86-90, April 2003.
• J.W. Joyner, R. Venkatesan, J.A. Davis, J.D. Meindl, "The limits of system improvements through liquid diagonal routing of interconnects," Proceedings of the IEEE 2003 International Interconnect Technology Conference, June 2003, pp.227-229.
• V. Deodhar and J.A. Davis, “Voltage Scaling and Repeater Insertion for High-Throughput Low-Power Interconnect Networks,” Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Bangkok, Thailand, pp.  349-352, June 2003.
• R. Venkatesan, J.A. Davis, and  J.D. Meindl, "Optimal Multilevel Interconnect Architecture Aspect Ratios for GSOCs,"  Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE SOC Conference, Rochester, NY, pp. 17-20, September 2003.
• A. Naeemi, J.A. Davis, J.D. Meindl, "Compact Physical Models for Multielvel Interconnect Crosstalk in Gigascale SoC," Proceedings of the IEEE International SoC Conference, Rochester, NY, pp. 199-202, September 2003.
• A. Joshi and J.A. Davis, "A 2-Slot Time-Division Multiplexing (TDM) Interconnect Network for Gigascale Integration (GSI)" 2004IEEE/ACM International Workshop on System Level Interconnect Prediction (SLIP), Paris, France, pp. 64-46, February 2004.
• P. Anbalagan and J.A. Davis, "Maximum Multiplicity Distribution for Length Prediction Driven Placement," 17th International Conference on VLSI Design, Mumbai, India, pp. 981-986, April 2004.
•  H. Luman and J.A. Davis, "Inductance Enhancement in Global Clock Distribution Networks," 2004 IEEE International Interconnect Technology Conference (IITC), San Francisco, CA, pp. 119-122, June 2004.
• K.K. Ryu, A. Talpasanu, V. Mooney, and J.A. Davis, "Interconnect Delay Aware RTL Verilog Bus Architecture Generation for an SoC," Asia-Pacific Conference on Advanced Systems Integrated Circuits (AP-ASIC 2004), Japan, pp.176-179, August 2004.
• V. Deodhar and J. Davis, “Voltage Scaling, Wire Sizing and Repeater Insertion Design Rules for Wave-Pipelined VLSI Global Interconnect Circuits,” IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), March 2005.
• V. Deodhar and J. Davis, “Designing for Signal Integrity in Wave-Pipelined SoC Global Interconnects,” IEEE System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC), September 2005.
• A. Joshi and J. Davis, “Gigascale ASIC/Soc Design Using Wave-Pipelined Multiplexed (WPM) Routing,” IEEE System-on-Chip Conference (SOCC), September 2005.
• A. Joshi, V. Deodhar, and J. Davis, “Low Power Multilevel Interconnect Networks Using Wave-Pipelined Multiplexed (WPM) Routing,” IEEE VLSI Design Conference, January 2006.

Other Publications

• J.A. Davis, "Guest Editorial for Special Issue on System Level Interconnect Prediction (SLIP)", IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, vol. 12, no. 4, pp. 337-338, April 2004.
• J. Davis, V. Deodhar, and A. Joshi, “Design Based Approaches vs. Process / Material Solutions for Interconnect,” invited paper, Advanced Metallization Conference (AMC), September 2005.

Presentations

• J.A. Davis, R. Venkatesan, K. Bowman, and J.D. Meindl, “Gigascale Integration (GSI) Interconnect Limits and N-Tier Multilevel Interconnect Architectural Solutions,” Proceedings of the International Workshop on System-Level Interconnect Prediction, San Diego, CA, pp. 147-148, April 8-9, 2000.
• J.A. Davis, A. Naeemi, and V. Deodhar, "Compact Models for VLSI Interconnects", Tutorial Session at the International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), San Jose, CA, March 22, 2004.