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CDF Routing Results

  • shifty switch block similar to Wilton, but commutative
  • cdf-design switch block designed to have maximum diversity
  • shifty outperforms cdf-design !!
  • is diversity worthwhile?

Normalized Results
4-input LUTs,
6 LUTs per cluster
Switch Block Checkerboard Min Chan.
Width
Area Delay
no checkerboard
disjoint no 1.0 1.0 1.0
shifty no 0.966 0.983 0.986
cdf-design no 0.987 0.993 1.057
checkerboard layout
disjoint yes 0.994 0.995 1.003
shifty yes 0.966 0.983 1.022
cdf-design yes 0.990 0.994 1.018