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Layout Automation for the Next Generation of Custom Chips: SDL
July 6, 2009 -- Like most steps in the IC design flow, custom layout is becoming more tedious, complex and time consuming. To keep up with increasing die size, tight time-to-market requirements and new process-induced layout constraints, automation of the design process must constantly increase. Schematic-driven layout (SDL) is an automated capability that assists designers with the custom physical implementation of circuits (both analog and digital). SDL provides significantly faster layout by automatically maintaining continuity between logic and layout. SDL relies on device-generation technology to automate the creation of physical layout from schematic elements. ... Read more...
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