Design Technology

_______________ regardless of technology is a fully automated process.

• Digital design flow

• ICs

• CAD

• ASICs

_______________ consists of several steps and there is a need for a toolset in each step of the process.

• Flowchart

• Design flow

• Flow Diagram

• System Architecture

Modern FPGA/ASIC projects require a complete set of _________design tools.

• Logixpro

• Logism

• CAD (Computer Aided Design)

• LTspice

Choose the most common tools available in the market include:

• Design Capture Tools

• 1. Layout Tools

• Simulation and Verification Tools

• 1. Synthesis and Optimization Tools

• EDA Tools

• _____ _____ ____ encapsulates a circuit description. 

• • Design entry tool

• Design capture tool

• Layout tools

• EDA tools

• ______ ____________ dictate type of the design capture tool as well as the options needed.

• Design requirements

• Design entry tool

• EDA Tools

• Design Capture Tools

Design Capture Tools options except,

• • State diagram entry

• Hardware Description Language (HDL) capture

• Schematic capture

• Manual list entry

• 1. Layout Tools

There are two major tool sets for simulation:

• Functional (Logic) simulation tools

• Timing simulation Tools

• Manual list entry

• EDA Tools

• _________ ____________ ____confirms that the functionality of a model of a circuit conforms to the intended or specified behavior, by simulation or by formal verification methods. 

• • Functional verification tool

• EDA tools

• Design Tools

• Design capture tools

• __________ __________ verify the logical behavior of a design based on design entry.

• • Functional simulators

• Dysfunctional simulators

• Timing simulators

• Any simulators