Progress and challenges in VLSI placement research
Given the significance of placement in IC physical design, extensive research studies
performed over the last 50 years addressed numerous aspects of global and detailed …
performed over the last 50 years addressed numerous aspects of global and detailed …
Replace: Advancing solution quality and routability validation in global placement
The Nesterov's method approach to analytic placement has recently demonstrated strong
solution quality and scalability. We dissect the previous implementation strategy and show …
solution quality and scalability. We dissect the previous implementation strategy and show …
Progress of Placement Optimization for Accelerating VLSI Physical Design
Placement is essential in very large-scale integration (VLSI) physical design, as it directly
affects the design cycle. Despite extensive prior research on placement, achieving fast and …
affects the design cycle. Despite extensive prior research on placement, achieving fast and …
ICCAD-2015 CAD contest in incremental timing-driven placement and benchmark suite
At modern technology nodes, improving routability and reducing total wirelength are no
longer sufficient to close timing. Incremental timing-driven placement (TDP) seeks to resolve …
longer sufficient to close timing. Incremental timing-driven placement (TDP) seeks to resolve …
NTUplace4h: A novel routability-driven placement algorithm for hierarchical mixed-size circuit designs
MK Hsu, YF Chen, CC Huang, S Chou… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A wirelength-driven placer without considering routability could introduce irresolvable
routing-congested placements. Therefore, it is desirable to develop an effective routability …
routing-congested placements. Therefore, it is desirable to develop an effective routability …
Ripple 2.0: High quality routability-driven placement via global router integration
Due to a significant mismatch between the objectives of wirelength and routing congestion,
the routability issue is becoming more and more important in VLSI design. In this paper, we …
the routability issue is becoming more and more important in VLSI design. In this paper, we …
POLAR: A high performance mixed-size wirelengh-driven placer with density constraints
Wirelength is one of the most important metrics in the placement problem. Minimizing
wirelength is not only beneficial, but also a fundamental step to optimize other metrics, such …
wirelength is not only beneficial, but also a fundamental step to optimize other metrics, such …
Rsyn: An extensible physical synthesis framework
Due to the advanced stage of development on EDA science, it has been increasingly difficult
to implement realistic software infrastructures in academia so that new problems and …
to implement realistic software infrastructures in academia so that new problems and …
POLAR 2.0: An effective routability-driven placer
T Lin, C Chu - Proceedings of the 51st Annual Design Automation …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
A wirelength-driven placer without considering routability would lead to unroutable results.
To mitigate routing congestion, there are two basic approaches:(1) minimizing the routing …
To mitigate routing congestion, there are two basic approaches:(1) minimizing the routing …
Optimization of placement solutions for routability
Routability has become a critical issue in VLSI design flow. To avoid producing an
unroutable design, many placers [4-7] invoke global routers to get a congestion map and …
unroutable design, many placers [4-7] invoke global routers to get a congestion map and …