What is conformal cadence?

Cadence® Conformal® Equivalence Checker (EC) makes it possible to verify and debug multi-million–gate designs without using test vectors. It offers the industry’s only complete equivalence checking solution for verifying SoC designs—from RTL to final LVS netlist (SPICE).

What is conformal low power?

Conformal low power enables designers to create power intent, then verify and debug multi-million-gate designs without simulating test vectors. It combines low-power structural and functional checks with world-class equivalence checking to provide superior performance, capacity, and ease of use. Contact Us.

What is formality check in VLSI?

Formality® is an equivalence-checking (EC) solution that uses formal, static techniques to determine if two versions of a design are functionally equivalent. Formality delivers capabilities for ECO assistance and advanced debugging to help guide the user in implementing and verifying ECOs.

What is logic equivalence check in VLSI?

Logic equivalence checking (LEC) looks at the combinatorial structure of the design to determine if the structure of two alternative implementations will exhibit the same behavior. If operations such as retiming are applied to a design, the structure of the design will no long map between the two representations.

What is Cadence innovus used for?

The Cadence Innovus is a physical implementation tool for high-density designs at advanced and established process nodes. Its iImplementation system provides new capabilities in placement, optimization, routing and clocking.

What is CLP in VLSI?

Verification of the power intent of the design is captured and verified by Conformal Low Power (CLP) which requires a netlist (even better a power connected netlist).

What is UPF in VLSI?

Unified Power Format (UPF) is the popular name of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard for specifying power intent in power optimization of electronic design automation.

What is LEC in VLSI?

LEC (Logic Equivalence Check) is the essential step to ensure the functional check between RTL and netlist as can also be depicted from the Fig.

Why do we need LEC?

Importance of LEC If the functionality changes at any point during the entire process, the entire chip becomes useless. This is why LEC is one of the most important checks in the entire chip design process.

How much does a Cadence license cost?

Cadence will deliver additional baseline flows over the next year. The entire Virtuoso platform now runs on Linux as well as Unix. U.S. pricing for a one-year license starts at $140,000 for Virtuoso Multi-mode Simulation, $15,000 for Virtuoso XL and $100,000 for Virtuoso Silicon Analysis.

What is VCLP in VLSI?

VC LP validates the design in its entirety and checks the critical signal networks in the design for the various power modes. These checks help find connectivity related bugs, which would cause functional issues very early in the design cycle.