The future of custom cell generation in physical synthesis

  • Authors:
  • Martin Lefebvre;David Marple;Carl Sechen

  • Affiliations:
  • Cadabra Design Libraries Inc., One Antares Drive, Suite 300, Nepean, Ont., K2E 8C4;Synopsys Inc., 700 East Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA;University of Washington, Electrical Engineering Department, Box 352500, Seattle, WA

  • Venue:
  • DAC '97 Proceedings of the 34th annual Design Automation Conference
  • Year:
  • 1997

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Abstract

We present a subjective review of custom cellgeneration methods in the context of future advances instate-of-the-art digital circuit synthesis. In particular, wedescribe three opportunities for coupling circuitoptimization operations with the library developmentprocess. These operations include electrical optimization,technology mapping, and cell level place and route.