Length: 3 Days (24 hours)
Become Cadence Certified
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 (AoT Design).
In this course, you learn the Analog on Top flow, 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:
- Overview Analog-on-Top Flow
- 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
- Digital Design Implementation System
The software includes Genus Synthesis Solution, Joules,and Innovus Implementation System.
Software Release(s)
DDI231
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
- 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
Audience
- Mixed-Signal Designers
- Custom IC Engineers
- Physical Design Engineers
Prerequisites
You must have experience with or knowledge of the following:
- Place-and-Route Tools or Physical Design
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"The course gives a good overview of the digital flow capability and the way to use the tools."
Claire Tassin, Schlumberger
"This course was a summary of two weeks in two days(…)adapted(…)to our expectations. Very interesting training to apprehend the concept of digital design flow with very good speakers."
Fabrice Voisin, APC - Astroparticule et Cosmologie
"it was very helpful"-Online Course-
Aalaa Abdel Mordy, Vidatronic