A Vertically Integrated VLSI Design Environment
- 1 January 1983
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- No. 0738100X,p. 31-38
- https://doi.org/10.1109/dac.1983.1585622
Abstract
A VLSI design system called VIVID is the heart of a newly developed, vertically integrated design environment. This environment provides support for all phases of design from high-level system specification through on-site fabrication to construction of prototype systems. Key features already implemented include: the use of a circuit description language at the level of a silicon assembler; a fast, highly interactive combination floor planner and layout editor; fast interactive timing simulation; and layout made free from design-rule constraints by the use of virtual-grid compaction. Functional specification and verification, automated routing, standard cell layout, and semi-automated layout from schematics are being built upon the foundation formed by VIVID.Keywords
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