According to the present invention an automated method is provided for
routing and designing an LSI (Large Scale Integrated Circuit). First, at
least one generic of an instance of a book to be connected is located on
the chip, wherein a generic of an instance is an area defined according
to the measurements of said instance. Then, an initial route to said
instance is generated by optimizing the route to the corresponding
generic according to given design rules. Thereby, an optimized pin
location is determined for said instance. Then, on the basis of said
optimized pin location a layout for said instance is generated in place
of the corresponding generic. Finally, the actually generated pin is
connected with the corresponding end of the initial route.