2002 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD'02)
A Standard-Cell Placement Tool for Designs with High Row Utilization
Freiburg, Germany
September 16-September 18
ISBN: 0-7695-1700-5
In this paper we study the correlation between wirelength and routability for standard-cell placement problem, under the modern place-and-route environment. We present a placement tool named Dragon (version 2.1), and show its ability to produce good quality placement for designs with high row utilization. Compared to an industrial placer and an academic state-of-the-art placer, Dragon can produce placement with better routability and shorter total wirelength. We describe many novel algorithmic details and implementation details of this placement tool. Ex-perimental results show that minimizing wirelength improves routability and layout quality.
Citation:
Xiaojian Yang, Bo-Kyung Choi, Majid Sarrafzadeh, "A Standard-Cell Placement Tool for Designs with High Row Utilization," iccd, pp.45, 2002 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD'02), 2002