Title :
Hierarchical placement for macrocells: a ´meet in the middle´ approach
Author :
Eschermann, B. ; Dai Wei-Ming ; Kuh, E.S. ; Pedram, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA
Abstract :
Placement and related aspects of the BEAR macrocell layout system are described. A combination of top-down and bottom-up heuristics is used to make best use of a hierarchical description. The interdependency of placement and routing is considered explicitly. Experimental results show a considerable improvement over previous approaches.<>
Keywords :
VLSI; circuit layout CAD; BEAR macrocell layout system; bottom-up heuristics; hierarchical description; hierarchical placement; placement; routing; Computational geometry; Cost function; Floors; Laboratories; Macrocell networks; Optimization methods; Routing; Shape; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Computer-Aided Design, 1988. ICCAD-88. Digest of Technical Papers., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Santa Clara, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0869-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICCAD.1988.122549
