Browsing University of Waterloo by Author "Vorwerk, Kristofer"
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On The Engineering of a Stable Force-Directed Placer
Vorwerk, Kristofer (University of Waterloo, 2004)Analytic and force-directed placement methods that simultaneously minimize wire length and spread cells are receiving renewed attention from both academia and industry. However, these methods are by no means trivial to ... -
On the Use of Directed Moves for Placement in VLSI CAD
Vorwerk, Kristofer (University of Waterloo, 2009-07-31)Search-based placement methods have long been used for placing integrated circuits targeting the field programmable gate array (FPGA) and standard cell design styles. Such methods offer the potential for high-quality ...