4.5 Summary

   

For a successful tape out, you should complete the following steps:

  • Functional sign-off

  • Timing sign-off

  • DFT sign-off

  • Physical sign-off

Some tips and guidelines for physical design were discussed in Section 4.3 including the following:

  • After generating a floorplan with a chip-level timing budget, the logical hierarchy should match the physical one.

  • For hierarchical methodology, use multiple placement-and-routing stages.

Examples of optimization techniques are gate sizing, buffer insertion/deletion, and placement optimization.

Two examples of new physical design techniques were presented in Section 4.4.


   
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From ASICs to SOCs. A Practical Approach
From ASICs to SOCs: A Practical Approach
ISBN: 0130338575
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 61

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