Modern field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) may feature critical path portions of
designs prearranged into movable macros during synthesis. These movable macros, with …

Global placement is a fundamental step in VLSI physical design. The wide use of 2D
processing element (PE) arrays in machine learning accelerators poses new challenges of …

Systolic array designs have regained popularity in recent years, particularly for their
applications in accelerating CNN (Convolutional Neural Network) computing in hardware …

The multiple supply voltage technique is an effective method to address the challenge of
chip power consumption. Voltage islands reduce the complexity of the power supply network …

Custom standard cell libraries can improve the final quality of the corresponding VLSI
designs but properly customizing standard cell libraries remains challenging due to the …

Placement is a critical step in a modern physical design flow, and the routability of the
placement result is a major issue that must be taken into account. In this work, we explore …