Title :
A circuit component placer for optimizing layout with arbitrarily shaped rectilinear and soft blocks
Author_Institution :
Cadence Design Syst. Inc., San Jose, CA, USA
Abstract :
A novel circuit component placement algorithm to place arbitrarily shaped rectilinear and soft blocks is proposed. Experimental results on randomly generated cases and industrial examples demonstrate that the algorithm can both find a very compact placement and minimize the wire length
Keywords :
circuit layout CAD; network routing; network topology; wiring; circuit component placer; compact placement; randomly generated cases; rectilinear blocks; soft blocks; wire length; Algorithm design and analysis; Compaction; Design optimization; Ear; Integrated circuit interconnections; Iterative algorithms; Minimization; Rivers; Shape; Wire;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC Conference and Exhibit, 1992., Proceedings of Fifth Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Rochester, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0768-2
DOI :
10.1109/ASIC.1992.270309
