DAC
2012
ACM
12 years 2 months ago
2012
ACM
We develop a projected-subgradient primal-dual Lagrange optimization for global placement, that can be instantiated with a variety of interconnect models. It decomposes the origin...
ISPD
2012
ACM
12 years 8 months ago
2012
ACM
We propose a new multilevel framework for large-scale placement called MAPLE that respects utilization constraints, handles movable macros and guides the transition between global...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
2005
ACM
The sustained progress of VLSI technology has altered the landscape of routing which is a major physical design stage. For timing driven routings, traditional approaches which con...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
2005
ACM
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
2005
ACM
In this paper, we develop a mixed-size placement tool, Dragon2005, to solve large scale placement problems effectively. A top-down hierarchical approach based on min-cut partition...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
2005
ACM
During the ispd05 placement contest, we employed the forcedirected approach Kraftwerk for global placement complemented by the network-flow based final placer Domino. These powe...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
2005
ACM
This paper presents an efficient heuristic algorithm to design a power distribution network of a chip by employing a successive partitioning and grid refinement scheme. In an it...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
2005
ACM
With increase of clock frequency, on-chip wire inductance starts to play an important role in power/ground distribution analysis, although it has not been considered so far. We pe...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
2005
ACM
In this invited note we describe Capo, an open-source software tool for cell placement, mixed-size placement and floorplanning with emphasis on routability. Capo is among the fas...
ISPD
2005
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
2005
ACM
In the nanometer VLSI technology, the variation effects like manufacturing variation, power supply noise, temperature etc. become very significant. As one of the most vital nets...