3 papers
cs.OH2018
Exploring the Scope of Unconstrained Via Minimization by Recursive Floorplan Bipartitioning
Bapi Kar, Susmita Sur-Kolay, Chittaranjan Mandal
Random via failure is a major concern for post-fabrication reliability and poor manufacturing yield. A demanding solution to this problem is redundant via insertion during post-rou…
cs.OH2018
Early Routability Assessment in VLSI Floorplans: A Generalized Routing Model
Bapi Kar, Susmita Sur-Kolay, Chittaranjan Mandal
Multiple design iterations are inevitable in nanometer Integrated Circuit (IC) design flow until desired printability and performance metrics are achieved. This starts with placeme…
cs.OH2018
STAIRoute: Early Global Routing using Monotone Staircases for Congestion Reduction
Bapi Kar, Susmita Sur-Kolay, Chittaranjan Mandal
With aggressively shrinking process nodes, physical design methods face severe challenges due to poor convergence and uncertainty in getting an optimal solution. An early detection…