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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jesse Surprise, Highland, NY (US);
Gerald Strevig, III, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Shawn Kollesar, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Michael Kazda, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and computer program products for providing improved placement and connectivity of local clock buffer controllers are provided. Aspects include determining positions of a plurality of centroid locations within a circuit design based on positions of a plurality of latches within the circuit design. Aspects also include modifying the circuit design to place a local clock buffer controller at each of the plurality of centroid locations within the circuit design. Aspects also include connecting each of a plurality of local clock buffers within the circuit design to a nearest local clock buffer controller.