IBM-PLACE with zero-row-space (tar.gz file)
IBM-PLACE benchmarks version 2.0

The following 18 standard cell circuits are derived from ISPD-98 partitioning benchmark suite. In translation, standard cell height is set arbitrarily and the areas of cells are determined by their weights. Mega-cells (less than 1%) and corresponding interconnections are removed as they are indeed not standard cells. The following table shows the different statistics between ISPD98 partitioning circuits and these IBM-PLACE circuits.

IBM-PLACE benchmarks are released by both YAL and GSRC/bookshelf format. Here is a brief description of files in both formats. For more details about bookshelf format, go to GSRC/bookshelf placement slot.

YAL format:

.yal.ctl	circuits statistics / control file
.yal	cells, models and nets
pad.ibmxx.pl1	pre-defined I/O pad locations
place	Dragon placement tool script file

GSRC/bookshelf format:

ibmxx.aux	auxiliary file
ibmxx_DG1.0.nodes	nodes file
ibmxx_DG1.0.wts	weights file
ibmxx_DG1.0.nets	nets file
ibmxx_Rn_WS02.scl	Layout file, n rows, white space 2%
ibmxx_Rn_WS02.pl	Pre-defined I/O pad locations

Click "YAL" or "Bookshelf" to download benchmarks in given format.

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IBM-PLACE version 2.0 (for fixed-die placement)

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