Title :
ASIC design in a mixed-tool environment
Author :
Keutgens, Walter ; Ramsay, Frank R.
Author_Institution :
Toshiba America Electronic Components Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Abstract :
Today´s ASIC designers use a wide variety of tools from multiple CAE vendors, covering the full spectrum of design abstractions. This paper discusses ASIC design in a mixed-tool environment from both the designer´s and the ASIC vendor´s perspective
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; design for testability; logic CAD; multichip modules; ASIC design; CAE vendors; VHDL; design for test; logic synthesis; mixed-tool environment; multiple chip modules; signal analysis; Application specific integrated circuits; Computer aided engineering; Electronic components; Hardware design languages; Logic design; Power system modeling; Signal analysis; Signal design; Signal synthesis; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC Conference and Exhibit, 1991. Proceedings., Fourth Annual IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Rochester, NY
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0101-3
DOI :
10.1109/ASIC.1991.242905