Kraftwerk: a versatile placement approach

During the ispd05 placement contest, we employed the forcedirected approach Kraftwerk for global placement complemented by the network-flow based final placer Domino. These powerful and flexible tools for standard cell placement can cope with various placement objectives and design conditions. Categories and Subject Descriptors J.6 [Computer-Aided Engineering]: Computer-aided design (CAD)—Physical Design, Layout Synthesis, Placement General Terms Algorithms Keywords Force-directed placement, Kraftwerk, Domino

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ISPD
• Authors: Bernd Obermeier, Hans Ranke, Frank M. Johannes
• Keywords: Hardware, ISPD 2005, Keywords Force-directed Placement, Standard Cell Placement, Various Placement Objectives