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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 01, 2009
Tung-chieh Chen, Taipei, TW;
Ping-hung Yu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yao-wen Chang, Taipei, TW;
Fwu-juh Huang, Taoyuan Hsien, TW;
Tien-yueh Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Tung-Chieh Chen, Taipei, TW;
Ping-Hung Yu, Kaohsiung, TW;
Yao-Wen Chang, Taipei, TW;
Fwu-Juh Huang, Taoyuan Hsien, TW;
Tien-Yueh Liu, Hsinchu, TW;
Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Abstract
A multi-packing tree (MPT) macro placer. The MPT macro placer comprises reading input files in a LEF/DEF format, creating a k-level binary multi-packing tree comprising k branch nodes each corresponding to one level and k+1 packing sub-trees each corresponding to one of the nodes and comprising a group of macros, optimizing the multi-packing tree according to a packing result thereof, and generating output files in a DEF format.