Routing (electronic design automation): Difference between revisions

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* [[Channel router]]<ref name="Reed_1985"/><ref name="Whitaker_2005"/><ref name="Minges_1989"/>
** [[Switchbox router]]
** {{anchor|Spine}}[[Spine and stitch router]]<ref>https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/content/1208-channel-routing-memories.html</ref>
* Gridless router<ref name="Whitaker_2005"/><ref name="Minges_1989"/>
** [[Area router]]
** Graph-theoretical router<!-- term translated from German term -->
*** [[Bloodhound router]]<ref name="CW_1992_Bloodhound"/><ref name="Pfeil_2017_Bloodhound"/><ref name="Redlich_2018_Routers"/> (CADStar[[CADSTAR]] by [[Racal-Redac]] / [[Zuken]])
*** [[Specctra]]<ref name="Redlich_2018_Routers"/> (aka [[Allegro PCB Router]]) (gridless since version 10)
** {{anchor|Topological router}}Topological router
*** [[FreeStyle Router]] (aka ''SpeedWay'', a [[DOS]]-based autorouter for [[P-CAD]])<!-- since 1997 (possibly 1991 or 1996) -->