Introduction a Interconnect: conductive path a Ideally: wire only connects functional elements (devices, gates, blocks,.and does not affect design performance a This assumption was approximately true for large?design, it is unacceptable for DSM designs Slides courtesy A Nardi, UC Berkeley4 Introduction ◼ Interconnect: conductive path ◼ Ideally: wire only connects functional elements (devices, gates, blocks, …) and does not affect design performance ◼ This assumption was approximately true for “large” design, it is unacceptable for DSM designs Slides courtesy A. Nardi, UC Berkeley