Title :
Module placement based on hierarchical force directed approach
Author :
Samaranayake, Meththa ; Ji, Helen ; Ainscough, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng. & Technol., Manchester Metropolitan Univ., Manchester, UK
Abstract :
This paper presents a module placement tool developed by combining two well-known force directed algorithms. Even with the increase of usage of modules within designs, the industry holds a gap for module placement tools. Experimentation has shown that comparable results were achieved by the force-directed algorithms to that of current academic placement tools.
Keywords :
electronic design automation; integrated circuit design; modules; force directed algorithm; hierarchical force; module placement tool; Circuits and systems; Costs; Electronic design automation and methodology; Shape; Very large scale integration; EDA; force directed; graph drawing; macro cell; module; placement; vlsi;
Conference_Titel :
Signals, Circuits and Systems (SCS), 2009 3rd International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Medenine
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4397-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4398-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICSCS.2009.5414200
