Paper Info
Title
SWARM: A Multi-agent System for Layout Automation in Analog Integrated Circuit Design.
Abstract
Despite 30 years of Electronic Design Automation, analog IC layouts are still handcrafted in a laborious fashion today due to the complex challenge of considering all relevant design constraints. This paper presents Self-organized Wiring and Arrangement of Responsive Modules (SWARM), a novel approach addressing the problem with a multi-agent system: autonomous layout modules interact with each other to evoke the emergence of overall compact arrangements that fit within a given layout zone. SWARM's unique advantage over conventional optimization-based and procedural approaches is its ability to consider crucial design constraints both explicitly and implicitly. Several given examples show that by inducing a synergistic flow of self-organization, remarkable layout results can emerge from SWARM's decentralized decision-making model.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1007/978-3-319-39883-9_2
AGENT AND MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS: TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS, KES-AMSTA 2016
Keywords
Field
DocType
Integrated circuits,Electronic design automation,Analog layout,Constraint-driven design,Parameterized cells,Self-organization
Computer architecture,Swarm behaviour,Computer science,Circuit extraction,IC layout editor,Electronic design automation,Standard cell,Design layout record,Physical design,Floorplan
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
58
2190-3018
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Daniel Marolt100.68
Jürgen Scheible2144.07
Göran Jerke3345.19
Vinko Marolt400.68