Difference between the floorplanning and placement

[richardyue]

Hi, members,
Who can tell me what the difference is between the floorplanning and placement of digital circuit physical design? Thanks in advance.

 

[maks10]

Floorplanning refers to how standard cells and macros are placed in your die area. While placement refers to how cells within these standard cells & macros are placed.

 

[richardyue]

Aren't cells in the standard cells placed by a standard method since they are called as standard cells?

 

[deh_fuhrer]

standard cells are the building blocks for a design.They donot have any restrictions other than they have a fixed height.for further clarification read ASIC by Sebastian Smith.