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We consider the well-known problem of efficient cell placement on a fixed die. We investigate minimization of half perimeter that is required for a design that in turn results into minimal routed wire length and thus wire delay. We describe a new method, Kapees, for large scale standard cell placement. Our technique is based on recursive partitioning of placement circuit which is modeled as a hypergraph. It uses partitioning during the global placement phase and a greedy approach is followed to reduce the wire length during detailed placement phase. Our results show a significant improvement in comparison to Cadence Encounter’s Amoeba and Capo tools by 9% and 5%, respectively.
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Pawanekar, S., Kapoor, K., Trivedi, G. (2013). Kapees: A New Tool for Standard Cell Placement. In: Gaur, M.S., Zwolinski, M., Laxmi, V., Boolchandani, D., Sing, V., Sing, A.D. (eds) VLSI Design and Test. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 382. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-42024-5_9
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