Method and Apparatus for Circuit Partitioning and Trace Assignment in Circuit Design

摘要

Methods and apparatuses for designing at least one integrated circuit (IC). In one embodiment, the method comprises partitioning a circuit into portions that represent a partitioning solution and assigning traces to interconnect the portions to generate a trace assignment solution. The method further comprises optimizing the circuit through a modification of at least one of the partitioning solution and the trace assignment solution, the optimizing based on evaluating a design parameter which is based at least in part on the trace assignment solution.