/OpenDP

Open Source Detailed Placement engine

Primary LanguageC++BSD 3-Clause "New" or "Revised" LicenseBSD-3-Clause

OpenDP

OpenDP: Open Source Detailed Placement Engine
Visualized detailed placement result using aes_cipher_top design with innovus initial placement; OpenDP_sample.jpg

Required

  • GCC compiler and libstdc++ static library >= 4.8.5
  • Recommended OS: Centos6 or Centos7 or Ubuntu 16.04

How To Compile

$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/sanggido/OpenDP.git
$ cd OpenDP
$ mkdir build
$ cd build 
$ cmake ..             // you may specify -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to avoid installing in /usr/local/*
$ make
$ sudo make install    // or make install if you specified -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX

How To Execute (using script)

// unzip iccad2017 benchmarks
$ cd OpenDP/bench
$ tar -xvf benchmarks.tar.gz

// Check doc/ScriptUsage.md in detail
$ cd OpenDP/src
$ ./execute.py 1

How To Execute (using binary)

// Check doc/ScriptUsage.md in detail
$ ./opendp -lef <techLef> -lef <cellLef> ... -def <inputDef> -output_def <outputDef> [-options]

Verified/supported Technologies

  • TSMC 65 (GP/LP)
  • ST FDSOI 28
  • TSMC 16 (9T)

Manual

License

Authors

  • SangGi Do and Mingyu Woo (respective Ph. D. advisors: Seokhyeong Kang, Andrew B. Kahng).
  • parser_helper.cpp is based on Dr. Myung-Chul Kim(IBM)'s ICCAD 2015 contest starter_kit
  • Paper reference: S. Do, M. Woo and S. Kang, "Fence-Region-Aware Mixed-Height Standard Cell Legalization", Proc. Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, 2019, pp. 259-262. (link)

Features

  • Commercial format supports. (Si2 LEF/DEF parser has been ported).
  • Fence region and multi-height legalization supports. (ICCAD 2017 Contest benchmarks)
  • Fragmented ROW supports.
  • Macro orientations supports.