PHYSICAL DESIGN FLOW
PHYSICAL DESIGN: It is the process of transforming a circuit description into physical layout which describes the position Read More
Physical Design Inputs
INPUT FILES FOR PD
Inputs for PD
The Inputs for Physical Design are:
.v or .vg (Synthesized Netlist) :
It contains logic Read More
Sanity Checks SANITY CHECKS
We check mainly the following input files: 1. Netlist 2. SDC files 3. Library files 4. Design information
The following commands are used Read More
Floorplaning FLOOR PLANNING
It is the first step of physical design flow that takes care of pin placement, macro placement etc.., using Read More
Power Planning POWER PLANNING
Power planning is to be done as a part of floorplanning. It is done in order to provide Read More
Placement PLACEMENT
Placement is the process of automatically assigning correct position to standard cells on the chip with no overlapping.By global placement Read More
Clock Tree Synthesis CLOCK TREE SYNTHESIS (CTS)
It is the process of creating the clock path from clock source to clock sinks. The Read More
Routing ROUTING
It is the process of creating physical connections to all clock and signal pins. Moreover, this stage is meant for Read More
