FastPlace: An analytical placer for mixed-mode designs

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Physical Design

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 221-223

  Viswanathan, Natarajan ^a   Pan, Min ^a   Chu, Chris Chong Nuen ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical Placement; Floorplanning; Mixed mode Placement

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PLACEMENT; FLOORPLANNING; MIXED-MODE PLACEMENT;

ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT;

EID: 29144530525     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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