Simulated Annealing for VLSI Design

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Introduction

   • D. F. Wong, H. W. Leong, C. L. Liu

   Pages 1-7

3. Placement

   • D. F. Wong, H. W. Leong, C. L. Liu

   Pages 9-30

4. Floorplan Design

   • D. F. Wong, H. W. Leong, C. L. Liu

   Pages 31-71

5. Channel Routing

   • D. F. Wong, H. W. Leong, C. L. Liu

   Pages 73-97

6. Permutation Channel Routing

   • D. F. Wong, H. W. Leong, C. L. Liu

   Pages 99-122

7. PLA Folding

   • D. F. Wong, H. W. Leong, C. L. Liu

   Pages 123-143

8. Gate Matrix Layout

   • D. F. Wong, H. W. Leong, C. L. Liu

   Pages 145-164

9. Array Optimization

   • D. F. Wong, H. W. Leong, C. L. Liu

   Pages 165-183

10. Back Matter

    Pages 185-202

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This monograph represents a summary of our work in the last two years in applying the method of simulated annealing to the solution of problems that arise in the physical design of VLSI circuits. Our study is experimental in nature, in that we are con­ cerned with issues such as solution representations, neighborhood structures, cost functions, approximation schemes, and so on, in order to obtain good design results in a reasonable amount of com­ putation time. We hope that our experiences with the techniques we employed, some of which indeed bear certain similarities for different problems, could be useful as hints and guides for other researchers in applying the method to the solution of other prob­ lems. Work reported in this monograph was partially supported by the National Science Foundation under grant MIP 87-03273, by the Semiconductor Research Corporation under contract 87-DP- 109, by a grant from the General Electric Company, and by a grant from the Sandia Laboratories.

• VLSI
• algorithms
• design
• layout
• optimization

`Individuals interested in design automation and, in particular, VLSI design will find this monograph a useful source of information on the application of the simulated annealing method.'
Zentralblatt für Mathematik, 699 (1991)

• University of Texas at Austin, USA

  D. F. Wong

• National University of Singapore, Singapore

  H. W. Leong

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

  C. L. Liu

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