A new platform for reconfigurable computing has an object-based programming model, with
architecture, silicon and tools designed to faithfully realize this model. The platform is aimed …

Circuit interconnect has become a substantial obstacle in the design of high performance
systems. In this paper we explore a new routing paradigm that strikes at the root of the …

An integrated circuit is a device that includes many electronic components (eg, transistors,
resistors; diodes etc. These components are often interconnected to form multiple circuit …

US PATENT DOCUMENTS 6,349,403 B1 2/2002 Dutta et al.................... T16, 12 6,353,918
B1* 3/2002 Carothers et al............... T16/8 5,360,948 A 1 1/1994 Thornberg 6,366,279 B1 …

Some embodiments provide a method of pre-computing routes for nets in a region of a
circuit layout. The method initially defines a set of partitioning lines for partitioning the region …

703/13–17; 712/207 (57) ABSTRACT (56) References Cited One embodiment of the
invention is a method of Specifying routes for a group of nets. The method Specifies a total …

New techniques are presented for routing L-shaped channels, switchboxes and staircases
in 2-layer Manhattan-diagonal (MD) model with tracks in horizontal, vertical and/spl …

2004-03-01 Assigned to CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. A DELAWARE
CORPORATION reassignment CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC. A DELAWARE …

For a router that allows routing in at least one non-Manhattan direction, some embodiments
of the invention provide a method of computing a capacity for non-Manhattan routing in a …

Disclosed are methods and mechanisms for implementing tessellation-based processing of
an integrated circuit design. Tessellation based routing of objects on an integrated circuit …