LTX - a system for the directed automatic design of LSI circuits

  • Authors:
  • G. Persky;D. N. Deutsch;D. G. Schweikert

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • DAC '76 Proceedings of the 13th Design Automation Conference
  • Year:
  • 1976

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Abstract

LTX is a minicomputer-based design system for large-scale integrated circuit chip layout which offers a flexible set of interactive and automatic procedures for translating a circuit connectivity description into a finished mask design. The system encompasses algorithms for two-dimensional placement, string placement, exploitation of equivalent terminals, decomposition of routing into channels, and channel routing. Circuit connectivity is preserved during interactive procedures. LTX runs on an H-P 2100 series computer with 32K of memory and disc. In current applications to polycell-style layouts, one to two weeks is typically required for completion of the layout design of an LSI chip containing 500 cells.