FLOORPLANNING A HIERARCHICAL PHYSICAL DESIGN TO IMPROVE PLACEMENT AND ROUTING

Patent №

US 7,155,693

Granted

2006-12-26

Filed 2004

Owner

RESHAPE, INC.

Lab

AI components

1

vision

Assignment

Recorded

Dataset

AIPD

2023_r1 edition

Application

10831700

Methods for floorplanning a hierarchical physical design to improve placement and routing are provided and described. In one embodiment, a method of floorplanning a hierarchical physical design includes arranging a plurality of blocks in a top-level of the hierarchical physical design. Each block includes a plurality of linear edges. Additionally, at least one of the blocks is selected. Furthermore, at least one linear edge of the selected block is rasterized. This rasterization includes converting the linear edge to a stepped-shape edge.

AI classification

Vision0.65
Evolutionary computation0.00
Natural language0.00
Speech0.00
Knowledge representation0.00
AI hardware0.00
Machine learning0.00
Planning0.00

Ownership

RESHAPE, INC.

assignment · 152660239

Assignors

RODMAN, PAUL

On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.

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