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Hardware Design Process
Block
diagram and/or English: functionality and I/O (interface)
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Literature
Survey & Library development |
Standard
and/or custom
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System
synthesis: specification to architecture |
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Architecture
synthesis: architecture to RTL components |
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Sequential
synthesis: FSM to gates (including FFs) |
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Logic
synthesis: Boolean expression to gates |
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Circuit
design: gates to transistors |
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Layout
generation: transistors/gates to geometry |
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Property
verification (functionality) |
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Constraint
satisfaction: cost, performance, power, testability, reliability,
manufacturability, etc |
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Design Verification & Validation |
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Simulation
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Formal
Method |
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Logical
Emulation |
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Rapid
Prototyping |
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Design
Rule Checking |
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Application
Configuration |
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Environmental
Testing |
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Shock
and Vibration Resistance |
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Low
Voltage Testing |
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Electro
Magnetic Interference (EMI) Testing |
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