发明名称 SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR AUTOMATIC CLOCK ROUTING IN AN APPLICATION SPECIFIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
摘要 Embodiments of the claimed subject matter are directed to methods and a system that use a standardized grid of clock buffers to automatically route clocks according to a uniform clock grid throughout an ASIC of a non-uniform arrangement of non-uniformly sized logic partitions. According to one embodiment, clock sources and sinks are mapped to grid point locations and a novel grid routing process is performed to link them together. A clock routing macro is assigned to a corresponding partition and associated with the corresponding partition or logic unit according to a partition hierarchy. The underlying routing structure and resources of a clock routing macro are automatically renamed to correspond to the local partition in a script or schedule of programmed instructions, or a routing map. The position of blockages within a partition may also be detected and alternate routes for traversing the blockage may be preemptively determined as well.
申请公布号 US2011161901(A1) 申请公布日期 2011.06.30
申请号 US20090650968 申请日期 2009.12.31
申请人 NVIDIA CORPORATION 发明人 BERRY CLAY;MCDONALD TIMOTHY J.
分类号 G06F17/50 主分类号 G06F17/50
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