RTL to GDSII for a Fabless Semiconductor Company
Overview
The customer is a Fabless Semiconductor Company and wanted a partner for a low power IoT derivative chip.
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Challenges
Complex Cloud Environment
IP Max frequency of 6GHz and controller frequency of 1.5GHz
Limited Security Expertise
Mainstream High Performance process node, FPBGA
Evolving Threat Landscape
WLAN -960MHz max, ARM CR4 – 360MHz, BT – 96 MHz. DSP – 96MHz
Evolving Threat Landscape
Peripherals: PCIE, SMIF, SDIO, UART, I2C, SPI, PCM, I2S, JTAG, SWD and CoEx
Evolving Threat Landscape
PPA Optimization
Evolving Threat Landscape
RF Co-existence with High Speed Digital
Evolving Threat Landscape
Complex Low Power State Machine Verification
Outcomes
- Implementation of (RTL2GDSII)
- Analyzed the Channel Length, VT analysis and its usage based on PPA targets
- Worked with RTL and DFT teams, to define modes and corners
- Kept switchable devices away from sensitive RF. Interference aware clocking scheme
- DVFS aware STA corner definitions and analysis
- Switchable domain. UPF development from scratch
