Via-Configurable Routing Architectures and Fast Design Mappability Estimation for Regular Fabrics

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a new via-configurable routing architecture which shows a much better throughput and performance than the previous structures. We demonstrate how to construct a single-via-mask fabric to reduce the mask cost further, and we analyze the penalties which it incurs. To solve the routability problem commonly existing in fabric-based designs, an efficient white-space allocation and an incremental cell movement scheme are suggested, which help to provide a fast design convergence and early prediction of circuit's mappability to a given fabric