
We propose a new comprehensive solution to global interconnect optimization. Traditional buffering algorithms mostly insert repeaters on a net-by-net basis based on slacks and possibly guided by global wires. We show how to integrate routing congestion, placement congestion, global timing constraints, power consumption, and additional constraints into a single resource sharing formulation. The core of our algorithm is a new buffered routing subroutine. Given a net and Lagrangean resource prices for routing, timing, placement, and power, it computes a buffered Steiner tree. The resource sharing framework provides a special multiplicative price update for fast convergence. Our algorithm is fast enough for practical instances. We demonstrate experimentally on 7nm microprocessor units that it significantly improves timing while reducing netlength and power consumption in an industrial design flow. Our implementation scales well under parallelization with up to 128 threads.
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