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Placement tools criticized for hampering IC designs

Posted: 07 Feb 2003  Print Version  Bookmark and Share Subscribe

Keywords: ic placement algorithm  chip design  ucla  eda tool 

[Summary of tips] Current IC placement algorithms leave so much excess wire that chip designs are essentially several technology generations behind where they could be, according to a recent paper by researchers at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). EDA vendors have responded by stating that commercial placement tools are not as......
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