发明名称 |
Trial placement system with cloning |
摘要 |
In accordance with a method for generating a trial placement plan for an IC having two or more identical modules, a floor plan reserves a separate area of identical size and shape for each of the identical modules, one of which is designated a "master module" and the others designated "clone modules". A placement and routing (P&R) tool initially places all of the cell instances of the clone modules at the center of their reserved areas. The P&R tool then employs a conventional placement algorithm to iteratively adjust positions of cell instances of all other modules, including the master module within their reserved areas in a manner that tries to minimize net lengths. The P&R tool copies the placement within the master module area into the clone module areas either after every N>0 iterations of the placement algorithm and/or after the placement algorithm has completed placement for the master module area.
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申请公布号 |
US7155694(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2006.12.26 |
申请号 |
US20040897543 |
申请日期 |
2004.07.23 |
申请人 |
CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. |
发明人 |
EICHENSEER PATRICK J.;CHEN HSI-CHUAN;HUANG DENNIS |
分类号 |
G06F17/50 |
主分类号 |
G06F17/50 |
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