VSD - Physical Design Webinar using EDA tool 'Proton'

Overview

Be it in any field - Change is inevitable. Let’s change the way we used to do Physical design. This time, no need to install tools on laptop, no licenses needed, no hidden costs, just your gmail login id and you are ready to design your first chip online. Find it hard to believe?

Build, Verify and PNR any design, for which you have an RTL
Characterize any post-layout design in terms of frequency, net count, instance count, runtime and many more
Do entire floorplanning of chip online using steps mentioned in webinar

The lectures are accompanied by hands-on labs.

Objectives

Introduction to PD concepts and design
'Proton' features and capabilities
- Introduction to Cloud tool platform webchip.in
- Launch EDA tool 'Proton' LIVE on Webchip.in
RTL Design functionality verification and view physical cells
- Multiplier functionality description
- Functionality verification using iverilog on 'Proton'
- Import physical cells and view LEF
- LIVE Q&A with participants regarding LEF
RTL Synthesis steps and Q&A
- Synthesis using 'qflow yosys'
- LIVE QnA with participants regarding synthesis algorithm
- Pre-layout timing analysis and LIVE QnA
Floorplanning and power planning strategies
- Floorplanning concept and demonstration
- Detail discussion on power and gnd rails location
- LIVE QnA with participants regarding power planning
Placement and Routing steps using 'Proton'
- Cell and automated pin placement concept and demo using graywolf
- LIVE QnA with participants regarding cell and pin placement
- Analyze placement and clock tree synthesis
- More LIVE QnA on flylines and demo routing step
- Commands to analyze and report routing statistics
Post layout STA and future work
- Post layout timing analysis steps and discussion on new feature enablement
- LIVE QnA discussion with participants regarding timing ECO
- Assignment details and upcoming webinars announcement
- Plan going further and future tentative tool enhancements
Labs and Practice Assignment

Audience Profile

Anyone who wants to learn chip designing using industry grade EDA tool
Anyone who has the limitation of tool installation and wants to design chip online