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ISPD
2005
ACM
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13 years 10 months ago
A semi-persistent clustering technique for VLSI circuit placement
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...
Charles J. Alpert, Andrew B. Kahng, Gi-Joon Nam, S...
ICCSA
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
A Parallel Tabu Search Algorithm for Optimizing Multiobjective VLSI Placement
Abstract. In this paper, we present a parallel tabu search (TS) algorithm for efficient optimization of a constrained multiobjective VLSI standard cell placement problem. The prima...
Mahmood R. Minhas, Sadiq M. Sait
ISPD
2010
ACM
157views Hardware» more  ISPD 2010»
13 years 11 months ago
SafeChoice: a novel clustering algorithm for wirelength-driven placement
This paper presents SafeChoice (SC), a novel clustering algorithm for wirelength-driven placement. Unlike all previous approaches, SC is proposed based on a fundamental theorem, s...
Jackey Z. Yan, Chris Chu, Wai-Kei Mak
ICCAD
2010
IEEE
162views Hardware» more  ICCAD 2010»
13 years 2 months ago
Practical placement and routing techniques for analog circuit designs
1In this paper, we will present an effective layout method for analog circuits. We consider symmetry constraint, common centroid constraint, device merging and device clustering du...
Linfu Xiao, Evangeline F. Y. Young, Xiaoyong He, K...
ICCD
2007
IEEE
212views Hardware» more  ICCD 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
Analytical thermal placement for VLSI lifetime improvement and minimum performance variation
DSM and nanometer VLSI designs are subject to an increasingly significant thermal effect on VLSI circuit lifetime and performance variation, which can be effectively subdued by V...
Andrew B. Kahng, Sung-Mo Kang, Wei Li, Bao Liu