Silicon Design
The silicon design process for a one-stop-shop turnkey company offering digital design, backend, functional verification, and mass production typically involves several stages.
Definition
01
The definition process in silicon design involves gathering and documenting the specifications and requirements of the integrated circuit (IC) to be designed.
Architectural design
02
The architectural design process in silicon design involves creating a high-level plan and partitioning the design into functional blocks and their interconnections.
Detailed Design
03
The detailed design process in silicon design involves implementing the digital circuit at the register transfer level (RTL) using hardware description languages and designing the specific circuit components.
Layout Phase
04
The layout phase in silicon design involves the physical implementation of the circuit, including floorplanning, placement, and routing of the components on the chip to optimize performance and area.
Tape Out & Fab Out
05
The tape out and fab out process involves preparing the final design data for fabrication, sending it to a semiconductor foundry, and manufacturing the integrated circuits on silicon wafers.