Virtuoso Digital Implementation

Length : 2 days

Course Description

(Note: This course is based on the Stylus Common UI)

Virtuoso^® Digital Implementation is a complete and automatic synthesis/place-and-route system. It enables capacity-limited block implementation for small digital components in the context of an advanced analog-driven mixed-signal design.

In this course, you learn the basics of synthesis and digital implementation by using the Virtuoso Digital Implementation software. You will explore synthesis, floorplanning, placement, power planning, clock-tree synthesis, timing optimization, and detail routing using VDI.

Learning Objectives

After completing this course, you will be able to:

• Run the recommended RTL synthesis flow
• Constrain designs and optimize for timing and power
• Floorplan the design
• Run placement, optimization and timing analysis
• Run clock-tree synthesis, detail routing and verification
• Run Stylus Flow Generation to automate the implementation flow

Software Used in This Course

• Virtuoso Digital Implementation

Software Release(s)

GENUS181, INNOVUS181

Modules in this Course

• Refresh: Static Timing Analysis (STA) Fundamentals
• Virtuoso Digital Implementation Synthesis Fundamentals
• Synthesis Optimizations
• Power Optimization
• Test Synthesis
• Interfacing with Logic Equivalence Checking and Other Tools
• Virtuoso Digital Implementation Physical Implementation Overview
• Floorplanning the Design
• Planning and Routing Power
• Running Placement Optimization and Early Global Route
• Timing Analysis and Optimization
• Implementing the Clock Tree
• Detail Routing for Signal Integrity, Timing, and Design for Yield
• Design Finishing
• Summary of Implementation Steps
• Stylus Flow Generation
• Implementation Details

Audience

• Mixed-Signal Designers
• Custom IC Engineers

Prerequisites

You must have experience with or knowledge of the following:

• Place-and-Route Tools or Physical Design

Related Courses

• Analog-on-Top Mixed-Signal Implementation

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