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TECH DEGREE EXAMINATION


Model Question Paper
Branch: Electronics and Communication Engineering
Specialization: VLSI and Embedded Systems
First Semester
MECVE 106-1 VLSI CAD
(Regular 2013 Admission Onwards)

Answer all Questions
Time : 3hrs Maximum Marks:100
1. (a) State Bellmann-Ford Algorithm. (5 Marks)
(b) Explain in detail about longest-path algorithm. (8 Marks)
(c) Describe briefly about VLSI design cycle. (12 Marks)

OR
2.(a) What is meant by shortest path algorithm. (5 Marks)
(b What are the design rules present in the case of physical design. (8 Marks)
(c) Explain in detail about steps involved different graph algorithms. (12 Marks)

3 (a). What are : i) Constructive Placement ii) Iterative Improvement. (5 Marks)
(b) Which are the most common types placement problems. ( 8 Marks)
(c) Explain in detail about i) Circuit representation
ii) Wire Length Estimation. ( 12 Marks)
OR
4.(a) Explain algorithmic steps present in simulated annealing using an example. (5 Marks)
(b) Explain in detail the steps involved in Kernighan-Lin algorithm. (8 Marks)
(c ) Explain about the classification of partitioning algorithms . (12 Marks)

5. (a) Differentiate between slicing and non-slicing floorplans (5 marks)
(b) What is optimal channel pin assignment algorithm (8 Marks)
(c) Explain the classification of floor planning algorithms (12 Marks)
OR

6. (a) What are the design style specific floorplanning problems. (5 Marks)
(b)Describe detail the integer programming based floorplanning. (8 Marks)
(c)Describe visualization of floorplan based design methodology using Gajskis Y-chart. Also
give an example using a circuit and its possible floorplan description (12 Marks)

7. (a)Describe briefly about Left-Edge algorithm (5 Marks)
(b)What is meant by channel routing? Explain about channel routing algorithms (8Marks)
(c)What are the design style specific global routing problems (12 Marks)
OR
8.(a) What is Mazes algorithm (5 Marks)
(b)Solve the following channel routing problem:


(8 Marks)
(c) Describe visualization of floorplan based design methodology using Gajskis Y-chart. Also
give an example using a circuit and its possible floorplan description (12 Marks)

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