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Congestion aware pin optimizer

  • US 7,971,174 B1
  • Filed: 09/18/2008
  • Issued: 06/28/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a circuit design process, a method of reducing routing congestion, comprising:

  • performing a block placement operation;

    performing an initial pin optimization for the block placement;

    performing global routing based upon the initial pin optimization;

    generating congestion data from the global routing; and

    in an automatic process, re-optimizing pins based upon the congestion data, wherein one or more pin locations are moved with respect to their block locations from the initial pin optimization.

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