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ProperCAD II is a C++ object oriented library supporting actor based parallel program design. The library easily allows the design of data structures with parallel semantics for use in irregular applications. Inheritance mechanisms allow creation of the distributed data structures from standard C++ objects. This paper discusses the use of such distributed data structures in the context of a particular VLSI CAD application, standard cell placement. The library and associated runtime system currently run on a wide range of platforms.
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Chandy, J.A., Parkes, S., Banerjee, P. (1996). Distributed object oriented data structures and algorithms for VLSI CAD. In: Ferreira, A., Rolim, J., Saad, Y., Yang, T. (eds) Parallel Algorithms for Irregularly Structured Problems. IRREGULAR 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1117. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0030105
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