Placement objectives

what is Placement?
Placement is process of placing the cells,searching for appropriate place within the floorplan of the chip for each cell in the netlist.

Placement objectives:
-Guarantee the router can complete routing step
-minimize critical net delay
-make the chip as dense as possible.

Placement additional objectives are as follows:
Minimize the estimated interconnect length.
Meet the timing requirements for the critical nets
Minimize interconnect congestion