Title :
Placement optimization using behavior based software agents and the genetic algorithm
Author :
de Abreu Moreira, D. ; Walczowski, L.T.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Abstract :
Agents are defined as software components that communicate with their peers by exchanging messages in a communication language. They are used in the placer server of the Agents system, a distributed, client-server system that generates mask level layout of full custom VLSI leaf cells. The system is formed from four server programs: the Placer, Router, Database and Broker. This paper describes the placer server which uses groups of these small software agents and the genetic algorithm to place optimally the components of a leaf cell
Keywords :
VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; circuit layout CAD; circuit optimisation; client-server systems; genetic algorithms; integrated circuit layout; software agents; behavior based software agent; communication language; distributed client-server system; full custom VLSI leaf cell; genetic algorithm; mask level layout; message exchange; placement optimization; placer server; Adders; Circuits; Communication system control; Databases; Flip-flops; Genetic algorithms; Laboratories; Multiplexing; Software agents; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, 1996. ICECS '96., Proceedings of the Third IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rodos
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3650-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICECS.1996.582791
