List of mflowgen Common Library Nodes

Base Tool

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Description of Modular Nodes

Cadence Genus

1

Synthesis

Cadence Innovus

15

Init, place, cts, route, postroute, signoff, post-pnr ecos, foundation flow setup, hold-fixing nodes, power grid setup, genlib

Cadence Pegasus

4

DRC, LVS, GDS merging, metal fill

Synopsys DC

2

Synthesis, lib2db

Synopsys Formality

1

Logical equivalence check

Synopsys PT(PX)

6

Timing/power signoff, ECOs, gen lib/db, RTL- and gate-level power estimation

Synopsys VCS

2

RTL- and gate-level simulation, vcd2saif

Mentor Calibre

7

DRC, LVS, GDS merging, metal fill, convert verilog2spice, drawing chip art

Open-Source (based on OpenROAD)

7

Synthesis (yosys), floorplan (OpenROAD) place (OpenROAD), cts (OpenROAD) route (OpenROAD), finish (OpenROAD) docker-based flow setup

Open-Source (not based on OpenROAD)

8

Synthesis (yosys), place (graywolf), place (RePlAcE), route (qrouter) LVS (netgen), DRC (magic) gds2spice and def2spice (magic)

Total # of Nodes

53

Open-Source Technologies

2

SkyWater 130nm, FreePDK45 with NanGate Open Cell Library