ecc-dreamplace

ECC-branded DREAMPlace placement engine

Build

Prerequisites

• Linux x86_64
• Bazel 8+
• Python 3.11 + uv
• System packages: cmake ninja-build build-essential pkg-config libboost-all-dev libcairo2-dev libgflags-dev libgoogle-glog-dev flex libfl-dev bison libeigen3-dev libgtest-dev

Dev Setup

# Setup Python environment
uv sync --frozen --all-groups --python 3.11
source .venv/bin/activate

# Build and install ecc-dreamplace
mkdir -p build && cd build
cmake .. \
  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=your_install_path \
  -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python)
make -j`nproc`
make install

Build Wheel

ecc-dreamplace is packaged as a Python wheel for the ECOS Studio silicon design platform.

bazel run //:build_dreamplace_wheel

Output: dist/wheel/repaired/ecc_dreamplace-*.whl (CMake compile -> auditwheel repair -> smoke test).

Release

See docs/release.md.