SN74HCS244-Q1: buffer IC layout placement

Part Number: SN74HCS244-Q1
Other Parts Discussed in Thread: SN74HCS125-Q1

Tool/software:

Hi,

Currently we using buffer to prevent the SPI signal decade which might loss the package.

But I'm not sure the buffer need to close to Tx or Rx.

and what's the buffer IC mainly functions?

thank you.

BR,

Viola