Topics
Floorplanning strategies
Bricks-and-mortar floorplan
Purposes of floorplanning
Types of routing
Channels and switchboxes
Block placement
Blocks and wiring
Channel definition
Channel definition changes with block spacing
Channel graph
Channel graph usage
Channels must be routed in order
Windmills
Slicable floorplan
Slicability property
Global routing
Line probe routing
Line probe example
Channel utilization
Switchbox routing
Routing order and switchboxes
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