Advanced Design Planning in IC Compiler II

Billion-gate designs demand efficient floorplanning that handles capacity without sacrificing quality, yet traditional flows force costly architectural choices early with limited revision capability. This white paper demonstrates how intelligent outline models and native dataflow analysis enable rapid exploration of partitioning decisions while scaling seamlessly to tera-scale complexity.

What You'll Learn:

• Explore designs faster using outline models that abstract logical hierarchy while preserving accurate area and macro representation
• Optimize block placement through dataflow analysis that minimizes wire crossings and positions blocks by signal direction
• Accelerate pin placement with global-router-driven automation that honors multiply instantiated blocks and maintains identical configurations
• Reduce memory footprint through consolidated library and design data in a compact, natively multi-threaded structure
• Support any methodology including bottom-up, channeled, abutted, and MVDD flows with comprehensive MIB management