Research Article

A Novel Net Weighting Algorithm for Power and Timing-Driven Placement

Table 1

Designs characteristics.

DESIGNNb ModesNb CornersNb ClocksMax Freq (MHz)Nb CellsNb MacrosArea (um2)Techno (nm)

TC134352133746511133200914

TC22422006669103949014

TC32470671565280056740714

TC4231194131568756140277828

TC525725110767632381773770928

TC638126414388002031010290228

TC72343006821246151077228

TC824220015742005621678928

TC93812500106865026694290628

TC10314292671202698101807304828

TC11958020059311141215409528

TC1224610006320194453015267928

TC13314105200664951124344275728

TC142131000224719053474528

TC153541000182970048806528

TC162239527927432357975028

TC1736252001219295173432718028

TC18361126514298211652276208128

TC19218416452700397149989734028

TC2035850082444882185884028

TC21218383370969340197215528

TC22237940750060164427253628

TC233105833372857687238682428

TC24145909121997875563468928

TC25371585561545727471515721932

TC26242250129738020902732

TC27242250127231020902732

TC2838476512609560185138732

TC2924155653220013086432

TC3053500826692534168629685640

TC3154105183316277402352739149590

TC3214560229298032424270090

TC331493131268065641457295890

TC34123500102820492950490

TC35212675002346184182149132943180

TC361224752201077606112119180

TC3712250028621389249621180

TC3815511139450408408685180

TC39214102304902203398180

TC40126200105039446473209180