Robust Temperature-Based Optimization for Global Routing
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2012-12-14
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Global routing is one of the significant steps in designing Very Large-Scaled Integrated (VLSI) circuits. It determines the geometric locations of the connections between elements of a circuit. In this thesis, a new method is proposed to consider the temperature factor in finding a routing solution in the global routing stage. Hot regions can affect the performance of a circuit. It can cause malfunctioning or failure. The proposed temperature based model reduces the temperature in the hot regions by spreading the heat over cooler regions, resulting in a cooler circuit. For a circuit, the temperature does not remain constant over time. A robust method is proposed to take into account the changes in the temperature of the circuits. In addition, runtime for global routing is initially high due to the nature of the problem. A method is introduced to reduce the overall runtime of the proposed global routing methods.
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Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
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Samimi, B. (2012). Robust Temperature-Based Optimization for Global Routing (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27675