Congestion estimation is an important issue for the success of the VLSI layout. Fast congestion estimation provides an efficient means to adjust the placement and wire planning. A...
In this paper, we study and implement a routabilitydriven floorplanner with buffer block planning. It evaluates the routability of a floorplan by computing the probability that ...
Wai-Chiu Wong, Chiu-Wing Sham, Evangeline F. Y. Yo...
In high-level synthesis for FPGA designs, scheduling and chaining of operations for optimal performance remain challenging problems. In this paper, we present a balanced schedulin...
David Zaretsky, Gaurav Mittal, Robert P. Dick, Pri...
Recently, several algorithms for interconnect optimization via repeater insertion and wire sizing have appeared based on the Elmore delay model. Using the Devgan noise metric [6] ...
As the process technology advances into the deep submicron era, interconnect plays a dominant role in determining circuit performance. Buffer insertion/sizing and wire sizing are ...
Nicholas Chia-Yuan Chang, Yao-Wen Chang, Iris Hui-...