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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2010
Abhijit Chakanaker, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jayanth Majhi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tong Gao, Cupertino, CA (US);
Abhijit Chakanaker, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jayanth Majhi, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tong Gao, Cupertino, CA (US);
SYNOPSYS, INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide techniques and systems for routing nets in a circuit design in parallel. During operation, the system can receive a first set of partitions for a circuit design, wherein each partition in the first set of partitions extends across the circuit design along a first direction. Next, the system can perform, in parallel, track assignment in the first direction on non-overlapping partitions in the first set of partitions. The system can then receive a second set of partitions for the circuit design, wherein each partition in the second set of partitions extends across the circuit design along a second direction which is different from the first direction. Next, the system can perform, in parallel, track assignment in the second direction on non-overlapping partitions in the second set of partitions. In some embodiments, each track assignment process being performed in parallel performs track assignment on a different net.