[bippingchip]

This looks like a treasure trove on what it takes in terms of algorithms to enable tools like Cadence Innovus or Synopsys ICC. It’s not a user guide on how to use these tools, but rather a perk behind the curtain.

I’ve worked with Andrew, one of the authors on occasion in the past, and he and his team of students are among the best academic teams in the world on this topic.

I do think a lot of the secret sauce lives as trade secret with Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor… They see all the real problems in designs from all their customers in bleeding edge nodes like 3nm and beyond.

[xw3099]

That book is great. This one is also quite good.

https://books.google.com/books?id=EkPMBQAAQBAJ&printsec=fron...

Handbook of Algorithms for Physical Design Automation edited by Charles J. Alpert, Dinesh P. Mehta, Sachin

The information is available if one looks for it. It's a tough subject though.