Hierarchical Design Flows

• Hierarchical Place and Route

• Hierarchical Place and Flat Route

• Tighter control and more flexibility

  • p&r parameters different for each soft block and for the entire design

• Design team parallelism

• Place and Route parallelism

• Less rework

• Faster run time

Top level

Level 2

(SB1)

Level 2, (SB2)

Level 2, (SB3)

L3

L3

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