• DocumentCode
    2834154
  • Title

    Area optimization for general floorplans: an analogy to resistive networks

  • Author

    The, Khe-Sing ; Wong, D.F.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Texas Univ., Austin, TX, USA
  • fYear
    1991
  • fDate
    11-14 Jun 1991
  • Firstpage
    2056
  • Abstract
    The authors present an algorithm for general floorplans in which each module has an infinite set of possible dimensions. Given the topology of a floorplan and the possible dimensions of the modules, the floorplan area optimization problem is to determine the dimensions of all the modules in order to minimize the floorplan area. The optimization algorithm is based on an analogy between reducing floorplan area and solving resistive network equations. Experimental results show that the algorithm outperforms the one proposed by D.F. Wong and P. Sakhamuri (1989)
  • Keywords
    circuit layout CAD; monolithic integrated circuits; optimisation; floorplan area minimization; floorplan area optimization problem; optimization algorithm; resistive network analogy; Algorithm design and analysis; Circuit topology; Computer networks; Equations; Flexible printed circuits; Heuristic algorithms; Integrated circuit interconnections; Iterative algorithms; Network topology; Shape;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 1991., IEEE International Sympoisum on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-0050-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ISCAS.1991.176808
  • Filename
    176808