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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2015
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Salim Chowdhury, Austin, TX (US);
Akshay Sharma, Austin, TX (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for topology construction for long and complex fan-out networks such as encountered in microprocessors include a modified Steiner tree algorithm with concurrent buffering to reduce post-buffer power/delay cost for a spanning tree. The system and method may prune Hanan points prior to calling a buffering tool to insert buffers and insert non-Hanan branching points. Embodiments may also include dividing a device into a plurality of super unit blocks, performing routing within each of the plurality of super units using a single crossing Steiner tree algorithm to determine a corresponding port, and aligning corresponding ports of each super unit to provide routing between the plurality of super units.