A system for determining an affinity associated with relocating a cell located on a surface of a semiconductor chip to a different location on the surface is disclosed herein. Each cell may be part of a cell net containing multiple cells. The system initially defines a bounding box containing all cells...http://www.google.com/patents/US20010003843?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20010003843 - ADVANCED MODULAR CELL PLACEMENT SYSTEM