Re: Encounter problem
Some terminology of encounter:
1) In Encounter, design area (or die area ) is divided into two section:
The core area
IO pads area.
So everything except from pads will b e placed in core are.
2) The design elemets can be of two type:
Std cells: You know?!
Hard macro: These are module that has fixed layout, e.g. Memory blocks, analog blocks, ... . Hard means that the block lets no flexibility for encounter to change the block.
But other modules/ macros ( except for hard macros) are soft modules since they are collection of std. cells and are for representng the hirerachy of design.
3)The first step( after design import) is floorplaning. In this step will place the Hard macros and also will floor-plan the remaining modules.
This will endup with a floorplaned design, ready for power plannig and placement.