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DAC
2007
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
Placement of 3D ICs with Thermal and Interlayer Via Considerations
Thermal problems and limitations on interlayer via densities are important design constraints on three-dimensional integrated circuits (3D ICs), and need to be considered during g...
Brent Goplen, Sachin S. Sapatnekar
ISPD
2005
ACM
174views Hardware» more  ISPD 2005»
13 years 11 months ago
Fast and accurate rectilinear steiner minimal tree algorithm for VLSI design
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...
Chris C. N. Chu, Yiu-Chung Wong
ISPD
2010
ACM
157views Hardware» more  ISPD 2010»
14 years 8 days 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
DAC
2007
ACM
14 years 6 months ago
IPR: An Integrated Placement and Routing Algorithm
Abstract-- In nanometer-scale VLSI technologies, several interconnect issues like routing congestion and interconnect delay have become the main concerns in placement. However, all...
Min Pan, Chris C. N. Chu
ICCD
2007
IEEE
212views Hardware» more  ICCD 2007»
14 years 2 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