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16.3 | ASIC Design

Let’s now go into the details of ASIC design. Note that design is fully automated—there

are EDA (Electronic Design Automation) tools available for each and every stage—the

designer can manually intervene, but the automation tools take care of most issues. So

let’s go to the various steps, in this automated design. We fi rst discuss the design with

a set of simple steps, like a design done for a small application in an academic environ-

ment. After that, we will make a review of design as done in the ASIC design industry.

When a design is to be done, the fi rst point is to have a ‘requirement ...