Research in VLSI systems. Heuristic programming project and VLSI theory project. A fast turn around facility for very large scale integration (VLSI)

This report summarizes progress in the DARPA funded VLSI Systems Research Projects from May 1983 to November 1983, inclusive. The major areas under investigation have included: analysis and synthesis design aids, applications of VLSI, special purpose chip design, VLSI computer architectures, signal processing algorithms and architectures, reliability studies, hardware specification and verification, VLSI theory, and VLSI fabrication. The major research problems are introduced and progress is discussed; the Appendix contains a list of published research papers from these projects.