Re:AlphaChip transformed computer chip design
by q3k on Friday September 27, 2024 @01:16PM
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This is just floorplanning, which is a problem with fairly well defined quality metrics (max speed and chip area used).
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Re:AlphaChip transformed computer chip design
by Drunk_Engineer on Friday September 27, 2024 @05:03PM
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Oh man, if only it were that simple. A floorplanner has to guestimate what the P&R tools are going to do with the initial layout. That can be very hard to predict -- even if the floorplanner and P&R tool are from the same vendor.