Method and system for re-routing interconnects within an integrated circuit design having blockages and bays

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PATENT NO 6401234
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09465294

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A method and system for re-routing interconnects within an integrated circuit design having blockages and bays is disclosed. A net within the integrated circuit design is initially decomposed into multiple two-paths. The net includes interconnects previously routed by utilizing a Steiner tree routing algorithm. Next, a cost associated with each of the two-paths is calculated. A two-path having a a high cost is subsequently selected and re-routed with a lower cost two-path.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Alpert, Charles Jay Austin, TX 68 1149
Gandham, Rama Gopal Wappingers Falls, NY 8 361
Hu, Jiang Tianjin, CN 56 1164
Neves, Jose Luis Wappingers Falls, NY 2 102
Quay, Stephen Thomas Austin, TX 20 840

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