A Collection of Papers on Magic

  • Authors:
  • John K. Ousterhout;Gordon T. Hamachi;Robert N Mayo;Walter S Scott;George S. Taylor

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • A Collection of Papers on Magic
  • Year:
  • 1983

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Abstract

Magic is a "smart" layout system for integrated circuits. It incorporates expertise about design rules and connectivity directly into the layout system in order to implement powerful new operations, including: a continuous design-rule checker that operates in background to maintain an up-to-date picture of violations; an operation called plowing that permits interactive stretching and compaction; and routing tools that can work under and around existing connections in the channels. Magic uses a new data structure called corner stitching to achieve an efficient implementation of these operations.