DocumentCode
1608942
Title
A circuit component placer for optimizing layout with arbitrarily shaped rectilinear and soft blocks
Author
Lee, Tsu-chang
Author_Institution
Cadence Design Syst. Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
fYear
1992
Firstpage
46
Lastpage
49
Abstract
A novel circuit component placement algorithm to place arbitrarily shaped rectilinear and soft blocks is proposed. Experimental results on randomly generated cases and industrial examples demonstrate that the algorithm can both find a very compact placement and minimize the wire length
Keywords
circuit layout CAD; network routing; network topology; wiring; circuit component placer; compact placement; randomly generated cases; rectilinear blocks; soft blocks; wire length; Algorithm design and analysis; Compaction; Design optimization; Ear; Integrated circuit interconnections; Iterative algorithms; Minimization; Rivers; Shape; Wire;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
ASIC Conference and Exhibit, 1992., Proceedings of Fifth Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location
Rochester, NY
Print_ISBN
0-7803-0768-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ASIC.1992.270309
Filename
270309
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