• DocumentCode
    3568876
  • Title

    Clusters first? A study of circuit structure and placement

  • Author

    Ono, Satoshi ; Madden, Patrick H.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., SUNY, Binghamton, NY, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • Abstract
    Multilevel clustering has proven to be an effective technique for a number of problems. In this paper, we study a clusters-first approach to circuit placement, compare it to more traditional methods, and study the relationship between cluster sizes and placement quality. We also reveal shortcomings in recently developed benchmarks that can serve to bias experiments towards a clusters-first methodology.
  • Keywords
    VLSI; circuit optimisation; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit interconnections; trees (mathematics); VLSI; circuit optimisation; circuit placement; circuit structure; clustering trees; integrated circuit design; integrated circuit interconnection; multilevel clustering; Binary trees; Circuit synthesis; Computer science; Delay systems; Integrated circuit interconnections; Minimization; Signal design; Tree graphs; Very large scale integration; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 2004. MWSCAS '04. The 2004 47th Midwest Symposium on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8346-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWSCAS.2004.1354019
  • Filename
    1354019