VLSI design in the 3rd dimension

An Efficient Heuristic Procedure for Partitioning Graphs

Brian W. Kernighan, Shang Min Lin · Bell System Technical Journal · 1970 · 5.2K citations

Cluster Computing, Engineering, Network Analysis +21

An Algorithm for Path Connections and Its Applications

C. Y. Lee · IEEE Transactions on Electronic Computers · 1961 · 1.6K citations

Mathematical Programming, Engineering, Network Routing +22

The TimberWolf placement and routing package

Carl Sechen, Alberto Sangiovanni‐Vincentelli · IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits · 1985 · 527 citations

Mathematical Programming, Branch-and-bound Algorithm, Engineering +23

A Procedure for Placement of Standard-Cell VLSI Circuits

A.E. Dunlop, Brian W. Kernighan · IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems · 1985 · 504 citations

Electrical Engineering, Automatic Placement, Careful Hand Placements +15

Generation of performance constraints for layout

R. Nair, C.L. Berman, P.S. Hauge et al. · IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems · 1989 · 195 citations

Engineering, Computer Architecture, Network Analysis +23