Standard Cell Optimization and Construction
InitialPlace:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle, numRows:
NAT ← 0] = {
Determine an initial placement for the instances.
layoutData: SCPrivate.LayoutData ← NARROW[handle.layoutData];
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
SCSmash.RemoveSmash[handle];
SCPlaceUtil.ClrCurPlac[handle, TRUE];
SCInitialPlace.PrePlace[handle: handle, numRows: numRows, routingFactor: 2.5, initialized: TRUE];
SCInitialPlace.RowInit[handle];
SCInitialPlace.PosInit[handle];
[layoutData.lgRows.maxRowWidth, layoutData.lgRows.numMaxRows] ← SCRowUtil.FindMaxRow[handle];
SCChanUtil.InitChanWidths[handle];
SCInstUtil.AsgnChanPos[handle];
layoutData.initTotWidth ← layoutData.totWidth;
layoutData.initTotHeight ← layoutData.totHeight;
IF debug THEN SCPlaceUtil.WriteCurPlace[handle];
[] ← SCUtil.WriteResults["End initial placement\n initial size: ", handle, 0];
Process.SetPriority[p]};
PosImprove:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle, maxCycles:
INT] = {
Improve the positions of instances whithin rows.
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
SCPrivate.PosImprove[handle, areaFom, maxCycles];
PosImproveWL:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle, maxCycles:
INT] = {
Improve the positions of instances whithin rows using wire lenght as figure of merit.
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
SCPrivate.PosImprove[handle, wlFom, maxCycles];
OrientImprove:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle, maxCycles:
INT] = {
Improve the orientation of instances.
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
SCPrivate.OrientImprove[handle, areaFom, maxCycles];
OrientImproveWL:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle, maxCycles:
INT] = {
Improve the orientation of instances using wire lenght as figure of merit.
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
SCPrivate.OrientImprove[handle, wlFom, maxCycles];
FTImprove:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle, maxCycles:
INT] = {
Improve the positions of instances whithin rows.
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
SCPrivate.FTImprove[handle, wlFom, maxCycles];
SAInitialPlace:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle, widthFactor:
REAL, seed:
INT]
RETURNS [initialResult:
SC.SAInitialResult] = {
Initialize for simulated annealing improvement.
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
initialResult ← SCPrivate.SAInitialPlace[handle, widthFactor, seed];
SAGetParms:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle, initialResult:
SC.SAInitialResult, cellType: Core.CellType]
RETURNS [saParms:
SC.SAParms] = {
determine parameters for simulated placement.
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
saParms ← SCPrivate.SAGetParms[handle, initialResult, cellType];
Process.SetPriority[p]};
SAPlaceImprove:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle, saParms:
SC.SAParms, widthFactor:
REAL, seed:
INT] = {
Improve the placement for the instances (one at a time) by simulated annealing.
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
SCPrivate.SAPlaceImprove[handle, saParms, widthFactor, seed];
SAPlaceImproveM:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle, saParms:
SC.SAParms, widthFactor:
REAL, seed:
INT] = {
Improve the placement for the instances (one at a time) by simulated annealing.
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
SCPrivate.SAPlaceImproveM[handle, saParms, widthFactor, seed];
PlaceImprove:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle, maxCycles:
INT] = {
Improve the placement for the instances by exhaustive search.
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
SCPrivate.PlaceImprove[handle, maxCycles];
GlobalRoute:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle] = {
Determine strategic paths for the wiring that must cross cell rows.
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
SCSmash.RemoveSmash[handle];
SCSmash.SmashAllNets[handle, FALSE];
Process.SetPriority[p]};
DetailRoute:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle]
RETURNS [result:
SC.Result] = {
Determine actual wiring paths.
p: Process.Priority ← Process.GetPriority[];
Process.SetPriority[Process.priorityBackground];
result ← SCPrivate.DetailRoute[handle];
Process.SetPriority[p]};
CreateLayout:
PUBLIC
PROC [technologyKey:
ATOM, horizLayer, vertLayer: Rope.
ROPE, rowDirection:
SC.Direction, numRows:
NAT, cellType: Core.CellType, flattenCellType: RTCoreUtil.FlattenCellTypeProc, libName: Rope.
ROPE ←
NIL, name: Rope.
ROPE ←
NIL]
RETURNS [object:
CD.Object] = {
Create a standard cell object by performing the above operations
result: SC.Result;
widthFactor: REAL ← MAX[1.0, MIN[2.0, RTCoreUtil.GetCoreRealProp[cellType, SC.widthFactorProp, 1.1]]];
designRules: SC.DesignRules ← SC.CreateDesignRules[technologyKey, horizLayer, vertLayer, rowDirection];
handle: SC.Handle ← SC.CreateHandle[cellType, flattenCellType, libName, designRules, name, extractMode.decoration];
SC.InitialPlace[handle, RTCoreUtil.GetCoreIntProp[cellType, SC.numRows, 0]];
SC.SAPlaceImprove[handle, SC.SAGetParms[handle, SC.SAInitialPlace[handle, widthFactor], cellType], widthFactor];
SC.GlobalRoute[handle];
result ← SC.DetailRoute[handle];
RETURN [result.object]};
Destroy:
PUBLIC
PROC [handle:
SC.Handle] ~ {
Remove circular references so garbage collection can work
SCPrivate.DestroyLayout[handle];
SCPrivate.DestroyStructure[handle];
SCUtil.DestroyRules[handle];
SCUtil.DestroyParms[handle];
handle.name ← NIL;
handle.coreCellType ← NIL};
PWCore Interface
-- The cellType to layout is a record cellType containing elements from MSI; the layout proc flattens the Core description and calls the standard cell router. Placement is obtained from timberwolf.
StandardCellRoute:
PUBLIC PWCore.LayoutProc = {
result: SC.Result;
hMaterial: Rope.ROPE ← "metal";
vMaterial: Rope.ROPE ← "metal2";
widthFactor: REAL ← MAX[1.0, MIN[2.0, RTCoreUtil.GetCoreRealProp[cellType, SC.widthFactorProp, 1.1]]];
rules: SC.DesignRules ← SC.CreateDesignRules[technologyKey, hMaterial, vMaterial, horizontal];
handle: SC.Handle ← SC.CreateHandle[cellType: cellType, flattenCellType: RTCoreUtil.defaultFlatten, libName: libName, designRules: rules, decoration: extractMode.decoration];
CoreProperties.PutCellTypeProp[cellType, SC.handleAtom, handle];
SCUtil.ReadTWPlace[handle: handle];
SC.InitialPlace[handle, RTCoreUtil.GetCoreIntProp[cellType, SC.numRows, 0]];
initialResult ← SC.SAInitialPlace[handle, widthFactor];
saParms ← SC.SAGetParms[handle, initialResult, cellType];
SC.SAPlaceImprove[handle: handle, saParms: saParms, widthFactor: widthFactor];
SC.PlaceImprove[handle: handle, maxCycles: 1];
SCNewGlobalRoute.GlobalRouteAllNets[handle];
SC.PlaceImprove[handle: handle, maxCycles: 1];
SC.PosImproveWL[handle, 1];
SC.OrientImproveWL[handle, 1];
SC.PosImprove[handle, 1];
SC.OrientImprove[handle, 1];
SCSmash.CheckFts[handle];
SCSmash.CheckExits[handle];
-- SC.FTImprove[handle, 10];
result ← SC.DetailRoute[handle];
RETURN[result.object]};
-- The cellType to layout is a record cellType containing elements from MSI; the layout proc flattens the Core description and calls the standard cell placer.
StandardCellPlace:
PUBLIC PWCore.LayoutProc = {
hMaterial: Rope.ROPE ← "metal";
vMaterial: Rope.ROPE ← "metal2";
rules: SC.DesignRules ← SC.CreateDesignRules[technologyKey, hMaterial, vMaterial, horizontal];
handle: SC.Handle ← SC.CreateHandle[cellType: cellType, flattenCellType: RTCoreUtil.defaultFlatten, libName: libName, designRules: rules, decoration: extractMode.decoration];
CoreProperties.PutCellTypeProp[cellType, SC.handleAtom, handle];
SC.InitialPlace[handle, RTCoreUtil.GetCoreIntProp[cellType, SC.numRows, 0]];
SCUtil.WriteTWFiles[handle: handle];
RETURN[NIL]};
-- The cellType to layout is a record cellType containing elements from MSI; the layout proc flattens the Core description and calls the standard cell placer and router.
StandardCellLayout:
PUBLIC PWCore.LayoutProc = {
result: SC.Result;
saParms: SC.SAParms;
initialResult: SC.SAInitialResult;
hMaterial: Rope.ROPE ← "metal";
vMaterial: Rope.ROPE ← "metal2";
widthFactor: REAL ← MAX[1.0, MIN[2.0, RTCoreUtil.GetCoreRealProp[cellType, SC.widthFactorProp, 1.1]]];
rules: SC.DesignRules ← SC.CreateDesignRules[technologyKey, hMaterial, vMaterial, horizontal];
handle: SC.Handle ← SC.CreateHandle[cellType: cellType, flattenCellType: RTCoreUtil.defaultFlatten, libName: libName, designRules: rules, decoration: extractMode.decoration];
CoreProperties.PutCellTypeProp[cellType, SC.handleAtom, handle];
SC.InitialPlace[handle, RTCoreUtil.GetCoreIntProp[cellType, SC.numRows, 0]];
initialResult ← SC.SAInitialPlace[handle, widthFactor];
saParms ← SC.SAGetParms[handle, initialResult, cellType];
SC.SAPlaceImprove[handle: handle, saParms: saParms, widthFactor: widthFactor];
SC.PlaceImprove[handle: handle, maxCycles: 1];
SCNewGlobalRoute.GlobalRouteAllNets[handle];
SC.PlaceImprove[handle: handle, maxCycles: 1];
SC.PosImproveWL[handle, 1];
SC.OrientImproveWL[handle, 1];
SC.PosImprove[handle, 1];
SC.OrientImprove[handle, 1];
SCSmash.CheckFts[handle];
SCSmash.CheckExits[handle];
result ← SC.DetailRoute[handle];
RETURN[result.object]};
-- The cellType to layout is a record cellType containing elements from MSI; the layout proc flattens the Core description and calls the standard cell placer and router.
StandardCellLayoutTW:
PUBLIC PWCore.LayoutProc = {
result: SC.Result;
hMaterial: Rope.ROPE ← "metal";
vMaterial: Rope.ROPE ← "metal2";
widthFactor: REAL ← MAX[1.0, MIN[2.0, RTCoreUtil.GetCoreRealProp[cellType, SC.widthFactorProp, 1.1]]];
rules: SC.DesignRules ← SC.CreateDesignRules[technologyKey, hMaterial, vMaterial, horizontal];
handle: SC.Handle ← SC.CreateHandle[cellType: cellType, flattenCellType: RTCoreUtil.defaultFlatten, libName: libName, designRules: rules, decoration: extractMode.decoration];
CoreProperties.PutCellTypeProp[cellType, SC.handleAtom, handle];
SC.InitialPlace[handle, RTCoreUtil.GetCoreIntProp[cellType, SC.numRows, 0]];
SCUtil.WriteTWFiles[handle: handle];
IF TWOps.TWIt[handle.name, TRUE]#NIL THEN SC.Error[callingError, Rope.Cat["Problem on Unix Placement Server. Check file ", handle.name, ".out"]];
SCUtil.ReadTWPlace[handle: handle];
SC.InitialPlace[handle, RTCoreUtil.GetCoreIntProp[cellType, SC.numRows, 0]];
initialResult ← SC.SAInitialPlace[handle, widthFactor];
saParms ← SC.SAGetParms[handle, initialResult, cellType];
SC.SAPlaceImprove[handle: handle, saParms: saParms, widthFactor: widthFactor];
SC.PlaceImprove[handle: handle, maxCycles: 1];
SC.GlobalRoute[handle];
SCNewGlobalRoute.GlobalRouteAllNets[handle];
SC.PlaceImprove[handle: handle, maxCycles: 1];
SC.PosImproveWL[handle, 1];
SC.OrientImproveWL[handle, 1];
SC.PosImprove[handle, 1];
SC.OrientImprove[handle, 1];
SCSmash.CheckFts[handle];
SCSmash.CheckExits[handle];
SC.FTImprove[handle, 10];
result ← SC.DetailRoute[handle];
RETURN[result.object]};
StandardCellDecorate:
PUBLIC PWCore.DecorateProc = {
PROC [cellType: CellType, obj: Object];
SmashPins:
PROC [wire: Core.Wire] = {CoreGeometry.PutPins[extractMode.decoration, wire,
NIL]};
call back proc to map wires to labels
WireToLabels:
PROC [wire: Core.Wire]
RETURNS [
LIST
OF Route.Label] ~ {
net: SCPrivate.Net ← SCUtil.FindNetByWire[handle, wire];
RETURN[IF net.numberOfRegions > 0 THEN LIST[net.name] ELSE net.brokenNets]};
call back proc to order objects
ComparePos:
PROC [pos1, pos2:
CD.Position]
RETURNS [
BOOL] ~ {
IF pos1.y = pos2.y THEN RETURN[pos1.x < pos2.x]
ELSE RETURN[pos1.y < pos2.y]};
call back proc to order cellTypes
CompareCT: CoreRoute.CompareFlatCTProc ~ {
PROC [root: Core.CellType, flatCT1, flatCT2: CoreFlat.FlatCellTypeRec] RETURNS [BOOL];
flatName1: Rope.ROPE ← CoreFlat.CellTypePathRope[root, flatCT1];
instance1: SCPrivate.Instance ← SCUtil.FindInstance[handle, flatName1];
flatName2: Rope.ROPE ← CoreFlat.CellTypePathRope[root, flatCT2];
instance2: SCPrivate.Instance ← SCUtil.FindInstance[handle, flatName2];
IF instance1.curRow = instance2.curRow THEN RETURN[instance1.curPos < instance2.curPos]
ELSE RETURN[instance1.curRow < instance2.curRow]};
handle: SC.Handle ← NARROW[CoreProperties.GetCellTypeProp[cellType, SC.handleAtom]];
CoreOps.VisitRootAtomics[cellType.public, SmashPins];
IF handle #
NIL
THEN {
CoreRoute.DecorateRoutedArea[cellType: cellType, obj: obj, wireToLabels: WireToLabels, comparePos: ComparePos, compareCT: CompareCT];
SC.Destroy[handle]}};
Puts on public wires their side as a property
StandardCellAttibutes:
PUBLIC PWCore.AttributesProc = {
-- [cellType: Core.CellType]
FindSideForEachPin: CoreGeometry.EachWirePinProc = {
[wire: Core.Wire, instance: CD.Instance, min: INT, max: INT, side: CoreGeometry.Side, layer: CD.Layer] RETURNS [quit: BOOL ← FALSE]
PushPropOnAtomic:
PROC [wire: Core.Wire] ~ {
sideVal: REF ANY ← CoreProperties.GetWireProp[wire, SC.sideProp];
positionVal: REF ANY ← CoreProperties.GetWireProp[wire, SC.positionProp];
CoreProperties.PutWireProp[wire, SC.sideProp, IF sideVal=NIL THEN ref ELSE sideVal];
CoreProperties.PutWireProp[wire, SC.positionProp, IF positionVal=NIL THEN NEW[INT ← min] ELSE positionVal]};
ref:
REF ←
SELECT side
FROM
bottom => SC.bottomSideValue,
top => SC.topSideValue,
right => SC.rightSideValue,
left => SC.leftSideValue,
ENDCASE => SC.noSideValue;
IF wire.size=0 THEN PushPropOnAtomic[wire]
ELSE CoreOps.VisitRootAtomics[wire, PushPropOnAtomic]};
decoration: CoreGeometry.Decoration ← Sisyph.mode.decoration;
DO
IF CoreGeometry.HasObject[decoration, cellType]
THEN {
[] ← CoreGeometry.EnumerateWireSides[decoration, cellType, FindSideForEachPin];
EXIT};
IF cellType.class.recast = NIL THEN EXIT;
cellType ← CoreOps.Recast[cellType]
ENDLOOP};
SCLayoutAtom: ATOM ← PWCore.RegisterLayoutAtom[$SC, StandardCellLayout, StandardCellDecorate, StandardCellAttibutes];
SCPlaceAtom: ATOM ← PWCore.RegisterLayoutAtom[$SCPlace, StandardCellPlace, StandardCellDecorate, StandardCellAttibutes];
SCRouteAtom: ATOM ← PWCore.RegisterLayoutAtom[$SCRoute, StandardCellRoute, StandardCellDecorate, StandardCellAttibutes];
SCTWAtom: ATOM ← PWCore.RegisterLayoutAtom[$SCRemote, StandardCellLayoutTW, StandardCellDecorate, StandardCellAttibutes];
technologyKey: ATOM ← $cmosB; -- $cmosA or $cmosB
libName: Rope.ROPE ← "CMOSB";
extractMode: Sinix.Mode ← PWCore.extractMode;
Properties
handleAtom: PUBLIC ATOM ← CoreProperties.RegisterProperty[$SCHandle];
numRows:
PUBLIC
ATOM ← $numRows;
Used to specify the number of rows for a standard cell assembly. Should be a property on Core cellType being laid out
sideProp:
PUBLIC
ATOM ← $Side;
bottomSideValue: PUBLIC ATOM ← $bottom;
rightSideValue: PUBLIC ATOM ← $right;
topSideValue: PUBLIC ATOM ← $top;
leftSideValue: PUBLIC ATOM ← $left;
noSideValue:
PUBLIC
ATOM ← $none;
Used to specify the side on which a public pin is to be placed. sideProp with (mumble)Value should be a property/value on a public wire
rowProp:
PUBLIC
ATOM ← $Row;
Used to specify the row on which a logic cell is to be placed. rowProp and and integer row number should be a property/value on a logic cell instance
positionProp:
PUBLIC
ATOM ← $Position;
Used to specify the position of a logic within a row or of an public pin on a side. May be used on public wire or a logic cell instance.
usePublicPositionsProp:
PUBLIC
ATOM ← $UsePublicPositions;
Used to specify the position of a public in the schematic is to be retained int the layout
investmentProp:
PUBLIC
ATOM ← $Investment;
veryLongValue: PUBLIC ATOM ← $veryLong;
longValue: PUBLIC ATOM ← $long;
mediumValue: PUBLIC ATOM ← $medium;
shortValue: PUBLIC ATOM ← $short;
veryShortValue:
PUBLIC
ATOM ← $veryShort;
Used to specify the investment to make in placement.
t0SA: PUBLIC ATOM ← $t0SA;
maxTStepSA: PUBLIC ATOM ← $maxTStepSA;
lambdaSA: PUBLIC ATOM ← $lambdaSA;
tableSizeSA: PUBLIC ATOM ← $tableSizeSA;
limitSA:
PUBLIC
ATOM ← $limitSA;
Used to specify simulated aneealing partameters to be used for placement
widthFactorProp: PUBLIC ATOM ← $widthFactor;
bottomMaxExits: PUBLIC ATOM ← $BottomMaxExits;
rightMaxExits: PUBLIC ATOM ← $RightMaxExits;
topMaxExits: PUBLIC ATOM ← $TopMaxExits;
leftMaxExits:
PUBLIC
ATOM ← $LeftMaxExits;
Used to specify the maximum number or publics on a side.
bottomExitSpacing: PUBLIC ATOM ← $BottomExitSpacing;
rightExitSpacing: PUBLIC ATOM ← $RightExitSpacing;
topExitSpacing: PUBLIC ATOM ← $TopExitSpacing;
leftExitSpacing:
PUBLIC
ATOM ← $LeftExitSpacing;
Used to specify the HINT for publics spacing on a side.
interestingProperties:
PUBLIC RTCoreUtil.PropertyKeys ←
NEW[RTCoreUtil.PropertyKeysRec[20]];
Cedar does not allow initialization of a sequence in the NEW!
interestingProperties.p[0] ← SC.sideProp;
interestingProperties.p[1] ← SC.rowProp;
interestingProperties.p[2] ← SC.positionProp;
interestingProperties.p[3] ← SC.numRows;
interestingProperties.p[4] ← SC.bottomMaxExits;
interestingProperties.p[5] ← SC.rightMaxExits;
interestingProperties.p[6] ← SC.topMaxExits;
interestingProperties.p[7] ← SC.leftMaxExits;
interestingProperties.p[8] ← SC.bottomExitSpacing;
interestingProperties.p[9] ← SC.rightExitSpacing;
interestingProperties.p[10] ← SC.topExitSpacing;
interestingProperties.p[11] ← SC.leftExitSpacing;
interestingProperties.p[12] ← SC.investmentProp;
interestingProperties.p[13] ← SC.t0SA;
interestingProperties.p[14] ← SC.maxTStepSA;
interestingProperties.p[15] ← SC.lambdaSA;
interestingProperties.p[16] ← SC.tableSizeSA;
interestingProperties.p[17] ← SC.limitSA;
interestingProperties.p[18] ← SC.widthFactorProp;
interestingProperties.p[19] ←
SC.usePublicPositionsProp;
Used to specify all the properties that are interesting to SC
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