asic design flow - specstep
DESCRIPTION
This book can help you more understand about ASIC design flow step by step, with some example in Verilog languageTRANSCRIPT
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ASIC Design Flow
TS. Hoang Trang
ThS. Pham Dang Lam
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Specifications
System Level
Design
RTL Verification
Synthesis
Netlist Verification
DFT
STA
RTL Design NG
Design flow Support Tools
(Languages)
VI, NotePath++
(Verilog/VHDL)
DC compiler
Formality
Output
.docx/xls/ppt
.v
Report file,
wave form
.v (netlist),
.sdf,
Reports
Report file
NG
Prime Time Report file, Netlist
VCS/ModelSim,
etc(Verilog/ VHDL)
ICC compiler .gds Place&Route
FastScan/Tmax/ Report file, Netlist
Flatform / Model SystemC (C++ with
Sysem C class)
NG
Front
End
Back
End
Cell Base Design Flow
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Design flow Support Tools
(Languages) Output
.docx/xls/ppt
Design the one bit adder:
+ Three inputs (A, B, Cin)
+ Two output (S, Cout)
Cell Base Design Flow
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Core
Bus
DSP
Interface
IPs
Control
Data
Specifications
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Core
Bus
DSP
Interface
IPs
Control
Data
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Core
Bus
DSP
Interface
IPs
Control
Data
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Core
Bus
DSP
Interface
IPs
Control
Data
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Core
Bus
DSP
Interface
IPs
Control
Data
Specifications
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Controller
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Cell Base Design Flow Specifications
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Cell Base Design Flow Specifications
DataPath
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Specifications
ALU - Controller
ALU - Data Path
Sel_1 Sel_2 Sel_6
W
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Specifications
Network-On-Chip (NoC) has been proposed as replacing
traditional bus architectures to solve complexity issues
such as synchronous frequency, infrastructure
interconnect and connective protocols when integrating
hundreds IP core or systems
http://www.design-reuse.com/articles/10496/a-comparison-of-network-on-chip-and-busses.html
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Specifications
Header
flit BW RC VA SA ST LT
Body flit BW RC VA SA ST LT
BW: Buffer write
RC: Router computation
VA: Virtual allocation
SA: Switch allocation
ST: Switch traversal
LT : Link traversal
Amit Kumar Li-Shiuan Peh, Parth Kundu, Niraij K.Jha, Toward Ideal On-Chip Communication Using Express Virtual Channels, micr-28-01-kuma.3d.IEEE 2008, Princeton University.
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Specifications
WEST
NORTH
EAST
SOUTH
IP
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Specifications
http://www.design-reuse.com/articles/10496/a-comparison-of-network-on-chip-and-busses.html
DataPath Controller
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DataPath Controller
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DataPath Controller
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Specifications
How to model a behavior of one traffic light ?
Red Green : 30 s Green Yellow : 27s Yellow Red : 3 s
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How to model a behavior of traffic light system?
Red Green : 30 s Green Yellow : 27s Yellow Red : 3 s
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ASSIGNMENT
Try to detail one of design in hardware structure
Note that use many graphic and true table instead of using behavior sentences
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Pipeline Concept
Pipe line not using state machine
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CPU & Proccessing
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IFetch Reg/Dec Exec Wr
Proccessing
Mem
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Pileline Process
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Hazard &Solution
Structure Hazard
Data Hazard
Control Hazard
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Structure Hazard
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Structure Hazard
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Structure Hazard
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Structure Hazard
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Structure Hazard
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Structure Hazard
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Hazard &Solution
Structure Hazard
Data Hazard
Control Hazard
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Data Hazard
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Data Hazard
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Data Hazard
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Hazard &Solution
Structure Hazard
Data Hazard
Control Hazard
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Control Hazard
Jump
Jump for condition
Others
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Using Noop
Moving the jump points to the other
places
Guessing
Control Hazard
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Control Hazard
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Control Hazard
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Solution
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DataPath
State Machine - Pipeline Specifications
Unit 01 Unit 02 Unit 03
Write Mem
GCU
Viterbi
Write Mem
GCU Write Mem
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Thc Hin Ti c T - Viterbi C Ch ng
ng Write Mem GCU Viterbi
Tun T
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Thc Hin Ti c T - Viterbi C Ch ng
ng Write Mem GCU Viterbi
ng ng
Tun T V V
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Thc Hin Ti c T - Viterbi C Ch ng
ng Write Mem GCU Viterbi
Write Mem
Write Mem GCU
Write Mem GCU Viterbi
Write Mem GCU Viterbi
GCU Viterbi
Viterbi
ng ng
Tun T V V
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Thc Hin Ti c T - Viterbi C Ch ng
ng Write Mem GCU Viterbi
Write Mem
Write Mem GCU
Write Mem GCU Viterbi
Write Mem GCU Viterbi
GCU Viterbi
Viterbi
State 1
State 2
State 3
State 3
State 4
State 5
ng ng
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Thc Hin Ti c T - Viterbi C Ch ng
ng Write Mem GCU Viterbi
Write Mem
Write Mem GCU
Write Mem GCU Viterbi
Write Mem GCU Viterbi
GCU Viterbi
Viterbi
State 1
State 2
State 3
State 3
State 4
State 5
Loop
ng ng
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State Machine - Pipeline Specifications
X cycles Y cycles Z Cycles
Cycle Delay = max {X, Y, Z}
Cnt = cnt + 1 cnt == cycle_delay state_ena = 1
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Handshake- Pipeline Specifications
Viterbi GCU Write Mem
Notify
Confirm/Finish
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Handshake- Pipeline Specifications
Notify
Confirm/Finish
How to cat the notify and confirm Prototype ?
Many to solve notify tasks ?
How to control and store the output data ?
How to improve the design ?