The-OpenROAD-Project / The-OpenROAD-Project/OpenROAD
mpl should have a timing-driven cost component
Open
@AcKoucher is already working on this.
Since Nov 19, 2025.
mpl
- Dominant language
- Verilog
- Stars
- 3.1k
- Forks
- 1k
- Avg merge
- 2d 23h
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 136
Description
Description
The investigation in #3402 showed that we require some sort of component in the cost function that looks at timing in order to improve correlation.
Suggested Solution
Use wire load models and create another layer of connectivity between clusters that involves only the critical nets.
Additional Context
No response
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Assessment
This issue has not been assessed yet.