Practice Steps And Results (5.1.5) - ASIC Design Flow - Gate-Level Synthesis & First Look at Timing
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Steps and Results

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does HDL stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about what kind of tasks HDL is used for in chip design.

Question 2 Easy

What is the purpose of synthesis in design flow?

💡 Hint: Remember the analogy of a recipe cooking up a dish.

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Question 1

What does HDL stand for?

High Definition Language
Hardware Description Language
High Data Language

💡 Hint: Think about the purpose of these languages.

Question 2

True or False: Synthesis is the process of converting physical circuits into HDL code.

True
False

💡 Hint: Focus on the direction of conversion.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given a circuit with multiple paths, identify the critical path based on the delays provided. How would you adjust your design if the slack is negative?

💡 Hint: Analyze which part of the timing report indicates the critical path.

Challenge 2 Hard

Develop an HDL code for a simple digital counter and outline the synthesis steps it would go through to become a working circuit.

💡 Hint: Think about the basic structure of a digital counter.

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