Lsi Logic Corporation

C Chip Brewster

Michael J Saunders

Norman E Mause

A method of generating a schematic driven layout for an integrated circuit design includes steps of: (a) receiving as input a representation of a integrated circuit design comprising a hierarchy of blocks; (b) selecting a block in the hierarchy of blocks that requires a physical design and that contains no missing components; (c) generating a physical design for the selected block so that the selected block is no longer a missing component of any other block; and (d) repeating steps (b) and (c) until a physical design has been generated for each block in the hierarchy of blocks.

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C Chip Brewster