YHFT-DX处理器全定制EDA技术的开发与应用

The development and application of full custom EDA techniques in YHFT-DX

在YHFT-DX处理器的研制中,研究并实现了多项支撑全定制设计的EDA技术。针对全定制设计的功能验证,研究并实现了层次式功能模型自动提取技术,能够将晶体管级网表转化为等效的RTL级网表。研究并实现了晶体管级混合时序分析方法,可自动分析全定制设计的延时,并采用多线程并行的方法获得了约10倍左右的速度提升。为提高模拟结果分析的效率,开发了一个延时提取的工具Aimeasure。开发了两个信号完整性分析工具PNVisual和NoiseSpy,分别用于全定制设计的IR-Drop分析和噪声分析。上述技术已在YHFT-DX处理器的设计中得到了广泛应用,有效提高了全定制设计的效率与质量。

Several full custom EDA techniques were developed during the design of YHFT-DX processor. Hierarchical functional model extraction, which can convert a transistor-level netlist into an equivalent RTL netlist, were developed for the functional verification of full custom circuits. Hybrid timing analysis was researched for the transistor-level timing analysis. 10x run-time improvements were achieved by the multi-thread parallel optimization. A measurement was developed to get delays from the simulation waveforms, which improves the efficiency of simulation results analysis. Two signal integrity verification tools, PNVisual and NoiseSpy, were developed for IR-Drop and noise analysis of full custom circuits. These techniques have been widely used in the design of YHFF-DX, which greatly improves the efficiency and quality of full custom design.