SWARM : a multi-agent system for layout automation in analog integrated circuit design
- Despite 30 years of Electronic Design Automation, analog IC layouts are still handcrafted in a laborious fashion today due to the complex challenge of considering all relevant design constraints. This paper presents Self-organized Wiring and Arrangement of Responsive Modules (SWARM), a novel approach addressing the problem with a multi-agent system: autonomous layout modules interact with each other to evoke the emergence of overall compact arrangements that fit within a given layout zone. SWARM´s unique advantage over conventional optimization-based and procedural approaches is its ability to consider crucial design constraints both explicitly and implicitly. Several given examples show that by inducing a synergistic flow of self-organization, remarkable layout results can emerge from SWARM’s decentralized decision-making model.
| Author of HS Reutlingen | Marolt, Daniel; Scheible, Jürgen |
|---|---|
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39883-9_2 |
| ISBN: | 978-3-319-39883-9 |
| Published in: | Agent and Multi-Agent Systems : Technology and Applications ; 10th KES International Conference, KES-AMSTA 2016 Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, June 2016 Proceedings |
| Publisher: | Springer |
| Place of publication: | Cham |
| Editor: | Gordan Jezic |
| Document Type: | Book chapter |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 2016 |
| Tag: | analog layout; constraint-driven design; electronic design automation; integrated circuits; parameterized cells; self-organization |
| Page Number: | 17 |
| First Page: | 15 |
| Last Page: | 31 |
| PPN: | Im Katalog der Hochschule Reutlingen ansehen |
| DDC classes: | 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau |
| Open access?: | Ja |
| Licence (German): |  In Copyright - Urheberrechtlich geschützt |
