What is Placement Optimization? Optimization is the process of iterating through a design such that it meets timing, area and power specifications. The design must satisfy these multiple design objectives. In general, optimization can be broken down into the following…
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…
The physical design flow in VLSI is a critical phase in chip design, following the synthesis stage. This flow transforms the synthesized design into a physical layout, which can be fabricated on silicon. The steps in this process are intricate,…