Title
On wirelength estimations for row-based placement
Abstract
Wirelength estimation in very large scale integration layout is fundamental to any predetailed routing estimate of timing or routability. In this paper, we develop efficient wirelength estimation techniques appropriate for wirelength estimation during top-down floorplanning and placement of cell-based designs. Our methods give accurate, linear-time approaches, typically with sublinear time complexity for dynamic updating of estimates (e.g., for annealing placement). Our techniques offer advantages not only for early on-line wirelength estimation during top-down placement, but also for a posteriori estimation of routed wirelength given a final placement. In developing these new estimators, we have made several contributions, including (1) insight into the contrast between region-based and bounding box-based rectilinear Steiner minimal tree (RStMT) estimation techniques; (2) empirical assessment of the correlations between pin placements of a multipin net that is contained in a block; and (3) new wirelength estimates that are functions of a block's complexity (number of cell instances) and aspect ratio
Year
DOI
Venue
1998
10.1109/43.784119
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
Keywords
DocType
Volume
final placement,efficient wirelength estimation technique,posteriori estimation,estimation technique,annealing placement,new wirelength estimate,top-down placement,early on-line wirelength estimation,row-based placement,pin placement,Wirelength estimation
Conference
18
Issue
ISSN
ISBN
9
0278-0070
1-58113-021-X
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
63
7.50
10
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andrew E. Caldwell123427.32
Andrew B. Kahng27582859.06
Mantik, S.326924.95
Igor L. Markov4739.80
A. Zelikovsky528938.30