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Physical Design <strong>Flow</strong><br />

Input<br />

Floorplanning<br />

<strong>Placement</strong><br />

<strong>Routing</strong><br />

Output<br />

ECE 260B – CSE 241A /UCB EECS 244 1<br />

Read Netlist<br />

Floorplanning<br />

Initial <strong>Placement</strong><br />

<strong>Routing</strong> Region<br />

Definition<br />

Global <strong>Routing</strong><br />

Cost Estimation<br />

<strong>Routing</strong> Region<br />

Ordering<br />

Detailed <strong>Routing</strong><br />

Cost Estimation<br />

Compaction/clean-up<br />

Write Layout Database<br />

<strong>Placement</strong><br />

Improvement<br />

<strong>Routing</strong><br />

Improvement<br />

Courtesy K. Keutzer et al. UCB<br />

Kahng/Keutzer/Newton

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