• DocumentCode
    2183242
  • Title

    A hybrid multilevel/genetic approach for circuit partitioning

  • Author

    Alpert, Charles J. ; Hagen, Lars W. ; Kahng, Andrew B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    1996
  • fDate
    18-21 Nov 1996
  • Firstpage
    298
  • Lastpage
    301
  • Abstract
    We present a multilevel/genetic circuit partitioning algorithm that utilizes the Metis graph partitioning package, which had been previously applied to finite-element graphs. Our new technique produces better results than Metis alone, and also produces bipartitionings that are competitive with recent methods while using less CPU time
  • Keywords
    circuit layout; circuit layout CAD; genetic algorithms; graph theory; Metis graph partitioning package; circuit partitioning; hybrid multilevel/genetic algorithm; Circuits; Clustering algorithms; Computer science; Finite element methods; Genetics; Iterative methods; Packaging; Partitioning algorithms;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Circuits and Systems, 1996., IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Seoul
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-3702-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/APCAS.1996.569275
  • Filename
    569275