ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2005
ACM
In this paper we introduce the concept of zero-change transformations to quantify the suboptimality of existing placers. Given a netlist and its placement from a placer, we formal...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2005
ACM
In this paper, we present a very fast and accurate rectilinear Steiner minimal tree (RSMT)1 algorithm called FLUTE. The algorithm is an extension of the wirelength estimation appr...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2005
ACM
In this paper, we present a hierarchical ratio partitioning based placement algorithm for large-scale mixed-size designs. The placement algorithm consists of three steps: global p...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2005
ACM
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2005
ACM
Automatic circuit placement has received renewed interest recently given the rapid increase of circuit complexity, increase of interconnect delay, and potential sub-optimality of ...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2005
ACM
Research in floorplanning and block-packing has generated a variety of data structures to represent spatial configurations of circuit modules. Much of this work focuses on the g...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2005
ACM
As thermal problems become more evident, new physical design paradigms and tools are needed to alleviate them. Incorporating thermal vias into integrated circuits (ICs) is a promi...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2005
ACM
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2005
ACM
Modern advances in reconfigurable analog technologies are allowing field-programmable analog arrays (FPAAs) to dramatically grow in size, flexibility, and usefulness. With thes...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
2005
ACM
Placement is a critical component of today's physical synthesis flow with tremendous impact on the final performance of VLSI designs. However, it accounts for a significant p...