Title :
Joining of compacted cells using genetic algorithm
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Syst. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Univ. of Singapore
fDate :
11/6/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors study the minimum joining area for k compacted cells in a row using a genetic algorithm. The genetic algorithm approach has obtained optimal results in many test cases and yielded significantly better results compared to greedy and local search algorithms
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit layout CAD; genetic algorithms; integrated circuit layout; network routing; IC layout; VLSI design; compacted cells; genetic algorithm; minimum joining area; single layer routing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19971344
