Wire-length prediction using statistical techniques

  • Authors:

  • J. L. Wong;A. Davoodi;V. Khandelwal;A. Srivastava;M. Potkonjak

  • Affiliations:

  • California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA;Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Minnesota Univ., Twin Cities, MN, USA;Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada;Dept. of Inf. & Comput. Sci., Linkoping Univ., Sweden;Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kharagpur, India

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE/ACM International conference on Computer-aided design
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

We address the classic wire-length estimation problem and propose a new statistical wire-length estimation approach that captures the probability distribution function of net lengths after placement and before routing. The wire-length prediction model was developed using a combination of parametric and non-parametric statistical techniques. The model predicts not only the length of the net using input parameters extracted from the floorplan of a design, but also probability distributions that a net with given characteristics obtained after placement will have a particular length. The model is validated using both learn-and-test and resubstitution techniques. The model can be used for a variety of purposes, including the generation of a large number of statistically sound and therefore realistic instances of designs. We applied the net models to the probabilistic buffer insertion problem and obtained substantial improvement in net delay after routing.