Apparatus and methods for optimization of integrated circuits
AssigneeAltera Corporation
InventorRyan Fung
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Abstract
A system for computer-aided design (CAD) of an integrated circuit (IC) uses a computer. The computer is configured to optimize placement, routing, and/or region configuration of the integrated circuit (IC) by maximizing a number of low-power regions in the integrated circuit (IC).
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A system for computer-aided design (CAD) of an integrated circuit (IC) to implement a user's design by using resources of the integrated circuit (IC), the system comprising a computer, configured to optimize synthesis, placement, and/or routing of the integrated circuit (IC) by maximizing a number of low-power regions in the integrated circuit (IC), wherein the computer is further configured to minimize a number of high-speed regions in the integrated circuit (IC) by monitoring a set of regions in the integrated circuit (IC) that are to be made high-speed regions by computing a first probability that a region in the set of regions will use the high-speed mode of operation.
A computer-implemented method for implementing a user's design using resources of integrated circuit (IC), the method comprising optimizing, using the computer, synthesis, placement, and/or routing of the integrated circuit (IC) by maximizing a number of low-power regions in the integrated circuit (IC), wherein the computer minimizes a number of high-speed regions in the integrated circuit (IC) by monitoring a set of regions in the integrated circuit (IC) that are to be made high-speed regions by computing a first probability that a region in the set of regions will use the high-speed mode of operation.
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