Review Article

Shedding Physical Synthesis Area Bloat

Table 2

The QOR comparison for area-efficient gate sizing.

δ WSLK Imp FOM Imp Area Inc

test1 0 0.08041 2373.05 200062
0.005 0.00993 1198.84 62733
0.010 0.00791 629.81 7217
0.030 0.00146 268.06 −10162
0.050 0.00146 252.72 −10370

test2 0 0.03775 1167.43 68958
0.005 0.00902 646.73 18254
0.010 0.00813 307.5 1940
0.030 0.00813 138.93 −1785
0.050 0.00813 123.46 −1862

test3 0 0.02486 164.51 31861
0.005 0.00209 91.42 6859
0.010 0.00209 45.89 325
0.030 0.00209 19.15 −2575
0.050 0.00209 19.09 −2593

test4 0 0.06008 309.02 13329
0.005 0.02325 241.25 3862
0.010 0.00021 83.67 −120
0.030 0.00021 39.39 −862
0.050 0.00021 39.05 −870