{"title":"Pin assignment for improved performance in standard cell design","authors":"M. Marek-Sadowska, Shen Lin","doi":"10.1109/ICCD.1990.130244","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Chip performance optimization is a crucial task in the modern design process. A method to improve the longest delay in a circuit built for standard cells is discussed. The method used to improve the designs is attractive because it does not require an increase in active area. All the improvements are achieved by a careful pin assignment. An efficient pin assignment algorithm is proposed. It has been implemented and the results are very encouraging.<<ETX>>","PeriodicalId":441935,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings., 1990 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1990-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"12","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Proceedings., 1990 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCD.1990.130244","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Chip performance optimization is a crucial task in the modern design process. A method to improve the longest delay in a circuit built for standard cells is discussed. The method used to improve the designs is attractive because it does not require an increase in active area. All the improvements are achieved by a careful pin assignment. An efficient pin assignment algorithm is proposed. It has been implemented and the results are very encouraging.<>