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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2002
Applicants:
Ken Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Hirakimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Ken Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshio Inoue, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Hirakimoto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Renesas Technology Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F017/50 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A floorplanning apparatus includes a seed position decision section for deciding a placement position of a logic seed of each hierarchical block; a cell placement section for placing cells belonging to the hierarchical block around the placement position of each logic seed; and a placement region decision section for deciding placement and routing regions of each hierarchical block considering cell placement results produced by the cell placement section.