From the Publisher: This text treats the physical design of very large scale integrated circuits
gradually and systematically. It examines the design problem and the design process with …

VLSI is an important area of electronic and computer engineering. However, there are few
textbooks available for undergraduate/postgraduate study of VLSI design automation and …

The authors present a placement method for cell-based layout styles. It is composed of
alternating and interacting global optimization and partitioning steps that are followed by an …

In the last decade, many textbooks have been written about VLSI design. Some of them are
useful for a beginning student, while others are encyclopedic. This text falls somewhere in …

This paper describes a method of automatic placement for standard cells (polycells) that
yields areas within 10-20 percent of careful hand placements. The method is based on …

Algorithms for VLSI Physical Design Automation, Second Edition is a core reference text for
graduate students and CAD professionals. Based on the very successful First Edition, it …

The current status of VLSI layout and directions for future research are addressed, with
emphasis on the authors' own work. Necessary terminology and definitions and, whenever …

Recently there has been an interest in expanding the set of people engaged in the design
and specification of integrated circuits. This has occurred in two main thrusts. The text …

This paper gives a general overview of circuit layout, taking a unified approach to various
styles of integrated circuits, printed circuit boards, and hybrid circuits. A lot of attention is …

A brief introduction is given to the actual mechanics of simulated annealing, and a simple
example from an IC layout is used to illustrate how these ideas can be applied. The …