Integrated circuit (IC) having IC floorplan silhouette-like power supply net, and sea of supply (SoS) electronic design automation (EDA) tool for designing same

A computer implemented method for designing an integrated circuit (IC) floorplan power supply net, the method comprising:

• determining a IC floorplan power supply net for a metal layer of an interconnect structure of an IC, wherein
• the metal layer is exclusively reserved for the IC floorplan power supply net,
• the IC floorplan includes at least one power consuming entity to be electrically coupled with the IC floorplan power supply net, a power consuming entity constituting an exempt area,
• the power supply net occupies all of the designated metal layer except exempt areas of the IC floorplan;
• and
• generating the IC floorplan power supply net.

A machine readable medium having executable instructions to cause a machine to perform a method for designing an integrated circuit (IC) floorplan power supply net, the method comprising:

• determining a IC floorplan power supply net for a metal layer of an interconnect structure of an IC, wherein
• the metal layer is exclusively reserved for the IC floorplan power supply net,
• the IC floorplan includes at least one power consuming entity to be electrically coupled with the IC floorplan power supply net, a power consuming entity constituting an exempt area,
• the power supply net occupies all of the designated metal layer except exempt areas of the IC floorplan;
• and
• generating the IC floorplan power supply net.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
• determining a IC floorplan power supply net for a metal layer of an interconnect structure of an IC, wherein
• the metal layer is exclusively reserved for the IC floorplan power supply net,
• the IC floorplan includes at least one power consuming entity to be electrically coupled with the IC floorplan power supply net, a power consuming entity constituting an exempt area,
• the power supply net occupies all of the designated metal layer except exempt areas of the IC floorplan;
• and
• generating the IC floorplan power supply net.