Flow engineering for physical implementation: theory and practice

ABSTRACT

Two consultants, each with over twenty years of experience designing integrated circuits at a variety of companies large and small, are fed up with the imperfect flows typically used by their clients. Drawing on a career's worth of mistakes knowledge, they present a set of coherent engineering principles for building a better flow infrastructure.

INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  B. Hardware
  B.7 INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
      B.7.2 Design Aids
          Subjects: Placement and routing

General Terms:
Design, Management

Keywords:
EDA interoperability, design methodology, flow, integrated circuit design, physical design