Author: Tom Kerrigan
Date: 15:36:32 02/28/03
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On February 28, 2003 at 11:45:18, Robert Hyatt wrote: >Actually it isn't. Silicon compilers do a lot of the work I had to do by hand. >Summing >gate delays. Doing the routing. And in my day, an error was a terrific delay >as it took a lot >of time to re-do. With silicon design tools, that process is much simpler from >the human's >perspective today, which is a plus. If, by silicon compilers, you mean HDL tools, they aren't used much in high performance microprocessor design. Some recent Intel slides on Prescott indicate they're using cool new routing automation tools, though. -Tom
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