Novel methodology and algorithms to seamlessly integrate logic synthesis and physical placement through a transformational approach are presented. Contrary to most placement algor...
Wilm E. Donath, Prabhakar Kudva, Leon Stok, Paul V...
Three dimensional vertically integrated systems allow active devices to be placed on multiple device layers. In recent years, a number of research efforts have addressed physical ...
—Escalating system-on-chip design complexity is the design community to raise the level of abstraction beyond register transfer level. Despite the unsuccessful adoptions of early...
Jason Cong, Bin Liu, Stephen Neuendorffer, Juanjo ...
Timing-driven placement is a critical step in nanometerscale physical synthesis. To improve design timing on a global scale, net-weight based global timing-driven placement is a c...
Natarajan Viswanathan, Gi-Joon Nam, Jarrod A. Roy,...
Thermal effects are becoming increasingly important during integrated circuit design. Thermal characteristics influence reliability, power consumption, cooling costs, and performan...