Abstract:Datapath macros are essential components of integrated circuits. The high regularity of datapaths allows compact layout design during placement. In some cases, datapath macros are manually pre-designed and pre-placed. However, datapath macros are frequently mixed with other circuits and they need to be extracted to capitalise on their regularity. In this study, the cells of a given circuit are accurately classified based on their size and pin information, and novel connection vectors to represent aspects of th… Show more
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