ISPD
2004
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
2004
ACM
Many current designs contain a large number of standard cells intermixed with larger macro blocks. The range of size in these “mixed block” designs complicates the placement p...
ICCAD
2005
IEEE
14 years 7 months ago
2005
IEEE
A novel and very simple correct-by-construction top-down methodology for high-utilization mixed-size placement is presented. The PolarBear algorithm combines recursive cutsize-dri...