METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HARDWARE ASSISTED PLACEMENT

摘要

A method for designing a system on a target device is disclosed. A first plurality of components in the system are assigned to be placed by an computer aided design (CAD) tool based on a criterion. A second plurality of components in the system are assigned to be placed by a hardware placement unit based on the criterion. Placement results from the CAD tool and the hardware placement unit are used to generate a placement solution for the system on the target device. Other embodiments are described and claimed.