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Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE '98)
Technology Mapping for Minimizing Gate and Routing Area
Paris, France
February 23-February 26
ISBN: 0-8186-8359-7
Aiguo Lu, Technical University of Munich
Guenter Stenz, Technical University of Munich
Frank M. Johannes, Technical University of Munich
This paper presents a technology mapping approach for the standard cell technology, which takes into account both gate area and routing area so as to minimize the total chip area after layout. The routing area is estimated using two parameters available at the mapping stage; one is the fanout count of a gate, and the other is the "overlap of fanin level intervals". To estimate the routing area in terms of accurate fanout counts, an algorithm is proposed which solves the problem of dynamic fanout changes in the mapping process. This also enables us to calculate the gate area more accurately. Experimental results show that this approach provides an average reduction of 15% in the final chip area after placement and routing.
Index Terms:
Technology Mapping, Routing, Area Optimization
Citation:
Aiguo Lu, Guenter Stenz, Frank M. Johannes, "Technology Mapping for Minimizing Gate and Routing Area," date, pp.664, Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE '98), 1998
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