ISPD 2016 : Routability-Driven FPGA Placement Contest
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April 6, 2016:
ISPD 2016 contest was successfully completed. The winners are:
- First place: UTPlacer, University of Texas at Austin
- Second place: RippleFPGA, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Third place: GPlace, University of Guelph
- Fourth place: UFRGSPlace, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, and
- Fourth place: VDAplacer, National Chiao Tung University
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February 25, 2016:
Updated benchmarks [3] [4] .
Fixed missing IBUF location problem.
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February 24, 2016:
Released two new benchmarks [3] [4] .
- February 19, 2016 Updated submission schedule:
Binary |
Date |
Description |
Alpha |
Feb 15th |
Ensure that binary runs on testing platform. No library dependence issues. |
Beta |
Mar 7th |
Screen testing: binary runs. no catastrophic failures. Pass legalization for most designs.
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Final |
Mar 14th |
Final executable that runs on contest benchmarks.
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February 11, 2016
Updated the Legalization page with one correction and one clarification.
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February 05, 2016:
Vivado placement evaluation flow is ready. Click here for instructions. Note that you need to download the full benchmarks for the evaluation flow.
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February 05, 2016:
Updated full benchmarks [1] [2] .
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February 03, 2016:
Binary submission dates: Alpha version February 15; Final version March 21
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January 08, 2016:
An FAQ page is added for common questions and bookshelf format.
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January 08, 2016:
Please check Team Summary to confirm your team is officially included in the contest.
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January 08, 2016:
Updated benchmarks [1] [2]
with design.pl issues fixed.
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January 05, 2016:
Contest registration is closed. There are 19 teams signed up for the contest.
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December 18, 2015:
Contest email-list was created. If you have signed up for the contest but did not receive emails,
click here
to join the group (specify your placer name and affiliation).
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December 18, 2015:
Released placement Legalization Rules .
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December 18, 2015:
Updated benchmarks [1] [2] .
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December 16, 2015:
Updated benchmarks [1] [2] .
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December 15, 2015:
Updated benchmarks [1] [2] .
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December 14, 2015:
Released second benchmark and updated first benchmark .
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December 11, 2015:
Register deadline is extended to December 31, 2015.
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December 11, 2015:
Released
Contest Evaluation and Ranking .
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November 30, 2015:
Released
sample benchmark .
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October 26, 2015:
Contest topic announced. Please read the
call for participation
document for details.