Refine Placement (Legalization) Legalization makes the rough solution from global placement legal (i.e., no placement constraint violation) by moving modules around locally. Looking at the Congestion, Timing and Power the objects are moved within the region to achieve the goal.…
During placement, following three stages happens: Global Placement Refine Placement (Legalization) Detailed Placement Global Placement Global placement is very first stage of the placement where cells are placed inside the core area for the first time looking at the timing…
What is Placement? Once we are done with the floorplan after placing all the physical cells inside the core boundary, we are left with standard cells which are still sitting out of the core design area. Now we need to…