DATE
2004
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
2004
IEEE
In this work we improve top-down min-cut placers in the context of timing closure. Using the concept of boosting factors, we adjust net weights according to net spans, so as to re...
DAC
2008
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
2008
ACM
A fundamental problem in timing-driven physical synthesis is the reduction of critical paths in a design. In this work, we propose a powerful new technique that moves (and can als...