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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2011
Fong-yuan Chang, Chu-Dong Township, TW;
Wei-shun Chuang, Hsinchu, TW;
Sheng-hsiung Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Hsian-ho Chang, Miao-Li, TW;
Ruey-shi Rau, Taipei, TW;
Fong-Yuan Chang, Chu-Dong Township, TW;
Wei-Shun Chuang, Hsinchu, TW;
Sheng-Hsiung Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
Hsian-Ho Chang, Miao-Li, TW;
Ruey-Shi Rau, Taipei, TW;
Synopsys Taiwan Co., Ltd., Chupei, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Multiple level spine routing is disclosed. In some embodiments, in response to receiving a specification of a plurality of nets and a specification of a set of routing tracks available for main spines, a main spine routing track is assigned to each of the plurality of nets based at least in part on a cost function and main spine wires are generated on the assigned main spine routing tracks for each of the plurality of nets.