Area Optimization

Area Optimization is a design methodology aimed at minimizing the physical footprint of digital circuits, particularly in high-level synthesis, logic synthesis, lookup table configuration, and standard cell design, by applying algorithmic and structural transformations that reduce resource utilization without compromising functional correctness or performance constraints.

572

Publications

21.1K

Citations

1.4K

Authors

411

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

Variants

Area Minimization

Parents

Graph Layout AlgorithmsHigh-level SynthesisLogic SynthesisLookup TablesStandard Cell Design

Publications

572

The TimberWolf placement and routing package

Carl Sechen, Alberto Sangiovanni‐Vincentelli · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits · 1985 · 534 citations

Engineering, Computer Engineering, Design Automation +16

GORDIAN: VLSI placement by quadratic programming and slicing optimization

Jürgen M. Kleinhans, Georg Sigl, Frank Johannes et al. · IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems · 1991 · 533 citations

Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science +16

Determining the minimum-area encasing rectangle for an arbitrary closed curve

Herbert Freeman, Ruth Shapira · Communications of the ACM · 1975 · 413 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics +17

Fixed-outline floorplanning: enabling hierarchical design

Saurabh Adya, Igor L. Markov · IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems · 2003 · 408 citations

Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science +16

Generic global placement and floorplanning

Hans Eisenmann, Frank Johannes · 1998 · 396 citations

Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science +14

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Authors

1.4K

MD
Martin D. F. Wong
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States
17 publications · 575 citations
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Andrew B. Kahng
University of California San Diego, United States
14 publications · 604 citations
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YC
Yao‐Wen Chang
National Taiwan University, Taiwan
10 publications · 479 citations
10
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Alberto Sangiovanni‐Vincentelli
University of California, Berkeley, United States
9 publications · 1K citations
9
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SS
Sachin S. Sapatnekar
University of Minnesota, United States
8 publications · 217 citations
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Institutions

411

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Venues

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
60 publications · 3.5K citations
31
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Design Automation Conference
Conference · 16 publications · 890 citations
14
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IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems
11 publications · 673 citations
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International Conference on Computer Aided Design
Conference · 8 publications · 168 citations
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IEEE Transactions on Circuits & Systems II Express Briefs
5 publications · 195 citations
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