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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Lawrence Pileggi, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Majid Sarrafzadeh, Wilmette, IL (US);
Gary K. Yeap, San Jose, CA (US);
Feroze Peshotan Taraporevala, San Jose, CA (US);
Tong Gao, Fremont, CA (US);
Douglas B. Boyle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Monterey Design Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/750 ;
Abstract
A design tool for integrated circuits includes a placement tool which places logic gates and interconnect components concurrently. Probabilistic interconnect models are used to represent the collection of possible interconnect routings that provide acceptable circuit performance and routing area.