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US 7,681,165 B2Granted
Apparatus and methods for congestion estimation and optimization for computer-aided design software
AssigneeAltera Corporation
InventorsJason Peters, Ketan Padalia, Adrian Ludwin
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Abstract
A method of performing placement of resources in a computer-aided design (CAD) tool includes performing a first congestion analysis, proposing a placement move, and evaluating the placement move. The method further includes incrementally updating information used for performing another congestion analysis.
Claims35
A method of performing placement of resources in a computer-aided design (CAD) tool, the method comprising:
- performing, using a computer, a first congestion analysis;
- proposing, using a computer, a placement move;
- evaluating, using a computer, the placement move;
- and
- using the computer to incrementally update information used for performing a second congestion analysis.
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A system for performing placement of resources in a computer-aided design (CAD) tool, the system comprising:
- a computer, configured to:
- perform a first congestion analysis;
- propose a placement move;
- evaluate the placement move;
- and
- incrementally update information used for performing a second congestion analysis.
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A computer-readable medium, comprising:
- a computer application adapted for processing by a computer to perform placement of resources in a computer-aided design (CAD) tool, the computer application configured to cause the computer to:
- perform a first congestion analysis;
- propose a placement move;
- evaluate the placement move;
- and
- incrementally update information used for performing a second congestion analysis.
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