In January, I taught a Continuing Education Center online class called "Programmable Logic: How Do They Do That?" One of the topics I covered is how place and route software works. This is one of the ...

Version 7.2 of the ispLEVER FPGA design tool suite for features advanced place-and-route algorithms that deliver higher-performance results in as much as 30% less time. The software now supports clock ...

In the 2007.03 release of IC Compiler, Synopsys' flagship place-and-route tool, designers can look for faster runtimes, higher capacity, smarter multicorner/multimode (MCMM) optimizations, and ...

Custom IC layout is a time-consuming, painstaking task that challenges both designers and their layout tools. SpringSoft’s custom IC layout system was initially introduced to address the problem of ...