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		IshKebab on Sept 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How AlphaChip transformed computer chip design > Floorplanning/placement/synthesis is a billion dollar industry Maybe all together, but I don't think automatic placement algorithms are a billion dollar industry. There's so much more to it than that.

Drunk_Engineer on Sept 27, 2024 [–]

Yes in combination. Customers generally buy these tools as a package deal. If the placer/floorplanner blows everything else out of the water, then a CAD vendor can upsell a lot of related tools.

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