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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Thomas Charles Brennan, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert Francis Lembach, Rochester, MN (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Charles Brennan, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert Francis Lembach, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing routing first for rapid prototyping and improved wiring of heterogeneous hierarchical integrated circuit chips. Placement for each of a plurality of random logic macros (RLMs) is identified. Predefined wiring shapes are created for each of the identified RLMs. Full chip wire routing is defined responsive to the created predefined wiring shapes for each of the identified RLMs.