Title : 
Hierarchical floorplan design on the Internet
         
        
            Author : 
Lin, Jiann- Horng ; Jou, Jing-Yang ; Jiang, Hui-Ru
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
With the proliferation of transistor count in VLSI design, more and more design groups try to figure out a way to efficiently combine their designs. The Internet features distributed computing and resource sharing. Consequently, a hierarchical floorplan design can be adequately solved in the Internet environment. In this paper, we address the problem of area minimization floorplan design in the Internet environment. We propose a novel algorithm, RMG algorithm. Taking advantage of the Internet, the RMG algorithm reduces the computing time by shortening the critical path in the floorplan tree. With creating floorplan design in the Internet environment, it can be seen that the Internet has advantages for electronic design automation
         
        
            Keywords : 
Internet; VLSI; circuit layout CAD; circuit optimisation; integrated circuit layout; trees (mathematics); Internet; RMG algorithm; VLSI design; area minimization floorplan design; critical path shortening; distributed computing; electronic design automation; hierarchical floorplan design; node types; reduced computing time; resource sharing; transfer latency; Acceleration; Design engineering; Electronic design automation and methodology; Energy consumption; Hydrogen; Internet; Resource management; Routing; Transistors; Very large scale integration;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Design Automation Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the ASP-DAC '99. Asia and South Pacific
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Wanchai
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-5012-X
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ASPDAC.1999.759992