Table of Contents
The evolution of an industrial strength design environment: Experiences and lessons.
Outline
IC design productivity: The crisis
Software design productivity: The crisis
Solutions?
IC Productivity Solutions
Software Productivity Solutions
Design Reuse versus Code Reuse†
Design Reuse: Why?
Design Patterns : What and Why?
Some Useful References
Outline
Patterns in Nature
Domain Comparison
Outline
Virtuoso LE
Virtuoso XL: An Advanced Layout Editor
Connectivity Based
Editing
Productivity Gain with ACPD: An Example
Outline
Looking under the Hood
Virtuoso LE
Virtuoso XL
Virtuoso XL: Basic Cycle
Event Triggers
More about Violations
Simultaneous Permutation of Connections
Multiple View Pairs in Virtuoso XL
Multiple View Pairs in Virtuoso XL: Some of the Challenges
An Environment Package to Support Multiple Cell-view Pairs in Virtuoso XL
Patterns used in the Environment Package
Potential Collisions in Naming/Defining Environment Variables
Connectivity Based Editing
Multiple View Pairs in VXL: Lookup Table
Outline
Some Lessons
Code Reuse: Building Re-configurable Modules
Outline
Conclusions
Outline
The Virtuoso Physical Design Environment: A Demonstration
Virtuoso LE
Virtuoso XL: An Advanced Layout Editor
Connectivity Based
Editing
PPT Slide
Incomplete nets
Automatic Abutment
Automatic Abutment
Connectivity Extractor
Event Triggers
PPT Slide
MOS Chaining & Folding
Pick from Schematic
Hierarchical Connectivity Extractor |
