The logic-to-hardware interface area of design automation
Roy L. Russo · 1968
The logic-to-hardware interface area is concerned with the problems of translating a logic description into a high level physical description. The logic description is an interconnection of the primitive circuits, such as And's, Or's, Nor's, Flip-Flops, etc., that are to be used in the physical packages. A high level physical description takes into account, for example, partitioning of the logic into physical packages, but does not include relative placement of the primitive circuits within a package, or pin assignment, wire routing, etc.