Markov Clustering-Based Placement Algorithm for Hierarchical FPGAs

Divide-and-conquer methods for FPGA placement algorithms including partition-based and cluster-based algorithms have shown the importance of good quality-runtime trade-off.This paper describes a cluster-based FPGA placement algorithm targeted to a new commercial hierarchical FPGA device.The algorithm is based on a Markov clustering algorithm that defines a sequence of stochastic matrices operating on a generating matrix from the input FPGA circuit netlist.The core of the algorithm tightly couples a Markov c...