Method and apparatus for optimizing block shape in hierarchical

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364488, G06F 1560

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ABSTRACT:
A whole process is divided into a rough floor plan and a detailed floor plan. In the rough floor plan, locations and shapes of blocks are roughly determined. In the detailed floor plan; an estimation of shapes of shape-variable blocks and sizes of wiring areas between blocks is simplified by listing all of slicing structures and optimizing block shapes for respective channel structures without greatly changing a block placement and pin locations. A combination of a hierarchical technique and a heuristic technique is used to allow block shapes to be optimized by selecting only suitable channel structures without listing all of an exponential number of the channel structures. In this way, the block shape optimization is simplified. The time spent in the simplified block shape optimization generally has a linear order with respect to the number of the blocks.

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