VLSI Placement and Routing: The PI Project

The PI (Placement and Interconnect) System is a developmental technique for establishing custom VLSI chips. Designed and developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the mid-1980s, it is the first system to automate the entire layout process. VLSI Placement and Routing: The PI Project provides a complete, concise, and up-to-date account of the PI Project. In addition to describing the generic PI System, this book also presents extensions to the PI System considered by the PI team an…