Presentation
From Concept to PPA Confidence - Methodology for Rapid RTL Evaluation and Signoff with Joules RTL Design Studio.
DescriptionProviding accurate Power, Performance, and Area (PPA) feedback for RTL changes in conventional RTL-to-GDS flows is slow and resource-intensive, often taking 5-7 days for 2-3M instance block-level runs. This process requires significant compute resources, extensive cross-team coordination, and lacks standardized reporting, making quick design iterations challenging. Furthermore, RTL teams frequently need relative PPA comparisons between early and refined RTL releases, but the long physical design loop impacts schedules and decision-making.
This presentation introduces a Rapid RTL Evaluation and PPA Feedback methodology using Joules RTL Design Studio. The approach enables fast, reproducible RTL evaluation and PPA analysis, reducing turnaround time from days to hours. By leveraging consistent setup, floorplan prediction, and incremental synthesis, the methodology minimizes cross-team dependencies while ensuring correlation with production flows. Additionally, integrated features like the RTL Debug Assistant System (RDAS) provide standardized reporting, analysis and tracking, improving decision accuracy and efficiency. This solution empowers RTL teams to make informed edits quickly, accelerating design convergence, RTL signoff and reducing overall project risk.
This presentation introduces a Rapid RTL Evaluation and PPA Feedback methodology using Joules RTL Design Studio. The approach enables fast, reproducible RTL evaluation and PPA analysis, reducing turnaround time from days to hours. By leveraging consistent setup, floorplan prediction, and incremental synthesis, the methodology minimizes cross-team dependencies while ensuring correlation with production flows. Additionally, integrated features like the RTL Debug Assistant System (RDAS) provide standardized reporting, analysis and tracking, improving decision accuracy and efficiency. This solution empowers RTL teams to make informed edits quickly, accelerating design convergence, RTL signoff and reducing overall project risk.
Event Type
Engineering Poster
TimeTuesday, July 285:00pm - 6:00pm PDT
LocationDAC Pavilion, Exhibit Floor