DAC
2012
ACM
11 years 6 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
11 years 12 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
13 years 10 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
13 years 10 months ago
2005
ACM
ISPD
2005
ACM
13 years 10 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
13 years 10 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
13 years 10 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
13 years 10 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
13 years 10 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
13 years 10 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...