MrDP: Multiple-row detailed placement of heterogeneous-sized cells for advanced nodes

Y Lin, B Yu, X Xu, JR Gao… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As very large-scale integration technology shrinks to fewer tracks per standard cell, eg, from
10 to 7.5-track libraries (and lesser for 7 nm), there has been a rapid increase in the usage …

ICCAD-2017 CAD contest in multi-deck standard cell legalization and benchmarks

NK Darav, IS Bustany, A Kennings… - 2017 IEEE/ACM …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An increasing number of multi-deck cells occupying multiple rows (eg multi-bit registers) are
used in advanced node technologies to achieve low power and high performance. The multi …

Mixed-cell-height legalization considering technology and region constraints

Z Zhu, J Chen, W Zhu, YW Chang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mixed-cell-height circuits have become popular in advanced technologies for better power,
area, routability, and performance tradeoffs. With technology and region constraints imposed …

Analytical mixed-cell-height legalization considering average and maximum movement minimization

X Li, J Chen, W Zhu, YW Chang - Proceedings of the 2019 International …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Modern circuit designs often contain standard cells of different row heights to meet various
design requirements. Due to the higher interference among heterogeneous cell structures …

Algorithm selection framework for legalization using deep convolutional neural networks and transfer learning

R Netto, S Fabre, TA Fontana… - … on Computer-Aided …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine learning (ML) models have been used to improve the quality of different physical
design steps, such as timing analysis, clock tree synthesis, and routing. However, so far very …

A robust modulus-based matrix splitting iteration method for mixed-cell-height circuit legalization

J Chen, Z Zhu, W Zhu, C Yao-Wen - ACM Transactions on Design …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Modern circuits often contain standard cells of different row heights to meet various design
requirements. Taller cells give larger drive strengths and higher speed at the cost of larger …

Integrating operations research into very large-scale integrated circuits placement design: A review

B Zhang, L Zhen, S Wang, F Yang - Asia-Pacific journal of …, 2024 - ira.lib.polyu.edu.hk
The placement stage of the physical design of very large-scale integrated circuits (VLSI)
specifies the arrangement and order of standard cells and devices within an area, and the …

Dali: A gridded cell placement flow

Y Yang, J He, R Manohar - … of the 39th International Conference on …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Asynchronous Very-Large-Scale-Integration (VLSI) has several potential benefits over its
synchronous counterparts, such as reduced power consumption, elastic pipelining, and …

An accelerated modulus-based matrix splitting iteration method for mixed-size cell circuits legalization

CC Zhou, J Qiu, Y Cao, GC Yang, QQ Shen, Q Shi - Integration, 2023 - Elsevier
Mixed-size cell circuits dominate in advanced technology node designs, with attendant
increases in layout complexity. The introduction of multi-row-height cells requires additional …

Placement legalization amenable to mixed-cell-height standard cells integrating into state-of-the-art commercial eda tool

H Kim, T Kim - Proceedings of the Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Conventional standard cell libraries are composed of cells of diverse logic functions, all of
which commonly and strictly maintain an equal height ie, single-row-height. However, as the …