This book introduces techniques that advance the capabilities and strength of modern software tools for physical synthesis, with the ultimate goal to improve the quality of leading-edge semiconductor products. It provides a comprehensive introduction to physical synthesis and takes the reader methodically from first principles through state-of-the-art optimizations used in cutting edge industrial tools. It explains how to integrate chip optimizations in novel ways to create powerful circuit transformations that help satisfy performance requirements.
As well as explaining how to integrate chip optimizations in powerful new ways, this comprehensive introduction to physical synthesis takes the reader methodically from first principles to state-of-the-art optimizations used in cutting-edge industrial tools.