NTHU-Route 2.0
NTHU-Route 2.0 is a fast and stable global router.
It improves the quality and runtime of NTHU-Route by the following enhancements:
1. A new history based cost function
2. New ordering methods for congested region identification and rip-up and reroute
3. Two implementation oriented techniques.
At the ISPD 2008 Global Routing Contest, NTHU-Route 2.0 generated the best solutions
for 11 of 16 benchmarks among all participating global routers and won the 1st place.
