Research Article

FastRoute: An Efficient and High-Quality Global Router

Table 4

Contributions from techniques in FastRoute.

Name FastRoute 4.1 No tree adj No 3-bend No VCA Input order LA
ovfltwlcpu(s)ovfltwlcpu(s)ovfltwlcpu(s)ovfltwlcpu(s)ovfltwlcpu(s)

adaptec1 0 53.8 193 0 54.1 211 0 54.2 192 0 54.4 941 0 58.6 176
adaptec2 0 52.2 51 0 52.4 56 0 52.4 58 126 52.8 343 0 56.7 37
adaptec3 0 131.2 183 0 131.8 195 0 132.2 189 0 130.5 384 0 140.5 155
adaptec4 0 121.3 61 0 121.5 60 0 121.3 62 0 121.3 70 0 129.4 30
adaptec5 0 155.8 407 0 156.5 448 0 157.1 457 0 171.6 315 0 171.6 315
newblue1 0 46.3 361 0 46.4 335 0 46.4 313 1362 46.6 2431 0 52.2 299
newblue2 0 75.2 40 0 75.4 46 0 75.1 40 0 75.2 41 0 83.0 15
newblue3 31532 107.8 1353 33628 107.8 3895 38563 107.5 4345 34528 108.5 4679 31532 114.3 3737
newblue4 142 130.5 2140 146 130.9 2211 144 130.9 2644 1352 130.5 12940 142 139.9 2189
newblue5 0 230.9 565 0 231.9 646 0 232.2 670 166 235.6 20244 0 254.8 446
newblue6 0 177.5 598 0 179.0 703 0 179.2 668 42 180.2 4755 0 202.1 514
newblue7 54 352.9 16888 80 354.8 17376 86 353.3 22284 1124 357.1 42598 54 403.3 12633
bigblue1 0 56.6 257 0 57.2 300 0 57.0 383 84 57.2 2179 0 63.6 231
bigblue2 0 90.8 457 0 91.1 516 0 91.1 762 48 91.6 2355 0 99.1 434
bigblue3 0 130.1 114 0 130.2 115 0 130.4 242 268 131.3 3195 0 150.0 73
bigblue4 138 230.2 2144 144 232.1 4059 142 231.5 5529 648 228.9 7177 138 265.5 2807

Comparison3 1 1 1 1.38 1.005 1.23 1.07 1.004 1.10 1.25 1.02 11.33 1 1.11 0.83

3Wirelength and runtime comparisons are based on overflow-free benchmarks.