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Detailed Tcl syntax for all ICC2 Useful Commands , such as report_timing and place_opt . synopsys icc user guide pdf
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When place_opt failed to fix congestion, Jamie didn't guess flags. He opened the PDF and searched for “congestion driven placement” . The first hit was Chapter 7: Placement Optimization . A diagram showed that ICC had a specific flow: set_placement_strategy -congestion_effort high combined with placement blockage layers. He hadn't known blockage layers existed. He added three simple commands from the guide’s example—congestion dropped 40%. Warning: Be cautious of random PDFs on GitHub
The primary manual describing the overall P&R flow.
If you have ICC installed on a Linux server, the PDF is almost certainly already on your hard drive. Navigate to: $SYNOPSYS_ICC_HOME/doc/icc_ug/icc_ug.pdf You can often open this directly with evince or acroread in your terminal.