Lynx Design System A highly integrated, production-ready IC development platform
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Lynx Design System
A highly integrated, production-ready IC development platform
Overview
Lynx Design System
The Lynx Design System is a highly
integrated, production-ready, chip
implementation platform that is Management Cockpit
architected for rapid, “out-of-the-box”
deployment to one or multiple project
Production Flow
sites. It combines an open, tape-out
Foundry-
proven RTL-to-GDSII design flow, Ready
GUI-based runtime automation, System Foundry-
Ready
design metrics capture and reporting System
and a subsystem that automates
the configuration of pre-validated
Advanced methodologies
foundry data. The Lynx Design
System takes full advantage of the
comprehensive Synopsys Galaxy™
Runtime Manager
Implementation Platform, but is
flexible to readily accommodate
internal or third–party tools.
Key benefits
Production-proven design flow incorporates the latest methodologies to deliver
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fast and predictable results
Open environment supports multiple third-party tools, libraries and foundries
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Validated IP, libraries and foundry technology data accelerate project start
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GUI-based runtime environment simplifies flow configuration, execution
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and monitoring
Process-specific tape-out checks and settings improve the quality of
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foundry handoff
Web-based Management Cockpit delivers on-demand visibility into key design
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metrics and trends to enable project transparency at all levels
Evaluate multiple design scenarios in parallel through the Runtime Manager and
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view the results in a simple dashboard matrix in the Management Cockpit
integrate third-party tools if necessary. low power optimization and analysis,
Design environment For example, designers can configure full-chip hierarchical design, etc., that
Synopsys tools such as DC Ultra™, span multiple tools. The Lynx Design
Automation and utilities
Design Compiler ® Graphical and System includes built-in support for
Technology node optimization
TetraMAX ATPG for synthesis and
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concurrent modeling analysis and sign-
design-for-test. For design planning, off throughout the flow including static
Hierarchical RTL-to-GDSII flow designers can configure the flow for timing analysis (STA), formal verification,
multiple voltage domains or virtual automatic test pattern generation (ATPG)
ARM-Synopsys implementation RMs
flat design. Signal integrity avoidance, and reliability analysis such as EM and
DFM and design-for-yield (DFY) IR drop for power and signal nets.
Built-in advanced methodologies
optimizations can be done for the place Embedded in Lynx are the best
and route step. Multi-corner multi-mode design practices from the ARM-
DC RM DP RM ICC RM
(MCMM) sign-off and advanced formal Synopsys implementation Reference
verification can be done for the chip Methodologies (iRM) using ARM
finishing step. physical IP optimized for ARM
Figure 2: Lynx’s Production Flow.
In addition to tool configuration, processors. The iRM streamlines
the Production Flow’s modular the procedures used by designers
Advanced, RTL-to-GDSII
architecture enables users to easily to target ARM processors to their
design flow and sub-flows
configure horizontal methodologies chosen technology nodes by delivering
The Production Flow (Figure 2)
such as UPF-compliant MCMM for a comprehensive solution proven
embedded in the Lynx Design System
is built on a leading-edge design flow
that is tape-out proven on over a 100
designs in a wide range of applications.
It is in use from older nodes to 32/28nm
manufacturing processes. This
complete, hierarchical RTL-to-GDSII
implementation flow includes:
Synopsys Galaxy Implementation
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Platform Reference Methodologies
ARM-Synopsys iRM’s optimized for
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power, performance and area
Over 45 optimized methodologies
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built-in, from power management to
DFM/DFY
Full chip hierarchical RTL-to-GDSII
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support
Tested with multiple foundries,
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libraries and technology nodes
Over 60 tape-out specific checks
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Over 50 design metrics automatically
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captured
Support for job distribution and data
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management
Multi-site/multi-user support enabled
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out-of-the-box
Fully supported and regularly updated
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for latest methods
The Lynx Design System allows
designers to configure and customize
tool capabilities and methodologies
based on their project needs and
Figure 3: Drag and drop interface for creating and modifying flows.
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by ARM and Synopsys to enable a customized flow. It also includes The Runtime Manager includes other
outstanding performance and energy the ability to graphically execute productivity-enhancing features such
efficiency. Additionally, the Lynx and monitor the flow(s) as a design as a command-line interface and
Design System incorporates Synopsys progresses through the entire RTL-to- color-coded ‘Running/Completed/
tool methodologies, such as Design GDSII process, or subsets of the flow. Error’ task status monitoring as shown
Compiler and IC Compiler reference With the Runtime Manager, creating a in Figure 4. This intuitive visualization
methodologies, allowing designers to new flow or modifying existing flows is capability quickly highlights errors as
get their designs into production as accomplished using intuitive drag and the design progresses through the flow.
quickly and efficiently as possible. drop operations in the flow diagrams, as Once a problem is identified, debug is
The Production Flow in Lynx is shown in Figure 3. Flat or hierarchical easier as designers can inspect report
continuously updated to support flows for a single block or for an and log files within the GUI and launch
the latest tool releases and design entire chip are defined by connecting tools to view or edit the design in the
methodologies, ensuring designers are various tasks together based on their correct context.
taking maximum advantage of their EDA dependencies. Parallel task execution
Management Cockpit delivers
tool investment. and design exploration involving multiple
greater project visibility and
invocations of the same task or flow
Runtime Manager for easy higher predictability
with different parameters are also easily
flow configuration, execution The browser-based Management
specified. Once defined, these flows
and monitoring Cockpit provides designers and
can then be executed and their status
The Lynx Design System includes an managers platform-independent,
monitored from within the Runtime
intuitive and easy-to-use GUI which ‘on-demand’ access to quality-of-
Manager. These designs tasks can be
enables rapid configuration of the results (QoR) and resource-related
distributed across a compute farm using
encapsulated methodologies into project metrics. Over 50 metrics are
industry-standard job distribution tools.
automatically acquired in a database
Figure 4: Flow execution status is identified through our color-coded status monitoring.
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Figure 5: Management Cockpit reports.
by the Lynx Design System during flow Through an intuitive user interface, Accelerating project start
execution, and additional user-defined managers and designers can easily and tape-out with Foundry-
metrics can be defined. Examples of create custom reports such as: Ready System
metrics pre-configured for capture in Dashboards that show key project
`` Mismatched, incorrect, or incomplete
Lynx include: metrics such as frequency, area technology and library files can
Chip/block area, width and height
`` and power negatively impact project schedule
Cell utilization
`` Trend analyses of design progress and
`` and designer productivity. The risk is
Number of instances and logic gates
`` comparison to target goals especially high at newer process nodes,
Number of clock and voltage domains
`` Current design status summary
`` where technology data is constantly
Number of HVT, LVT and RVT cells
`` Block level comparisons of QoR results
`` changing. Lynx’s Foundry-Ready
Min/Max Worst-case Negative Slack
`` Summary of tools and tool versions
`` System helps address these early
(WNS) used in the flow design impediments by providing tools
Min/Max Total Negative Slack (TNS)
`` to validate technology and foundry
The Management Cockpit provides
Clock skew and clock latency
`` data in Lynx’s Production Flow. The
a web-accessible tool for project
Total, leakage and dynamic power
`` Foundry-Ready System includes scripts
leads, design management and senior
DRC and LVS errors
`` and documentation necessary to
executives to share a consistent,
ATPG fault coverage
`` pre-test libraries and technology files
accurate and real-time view of their
Run time, memory usage and CPU
`` and configure them for proper design
project status. This critical data enables
usage by task flow execution.
informed and timely decisions to be
The Management Cockpit’s reporting made as necessary through the course Upon initial Lynx deployment, Synopsys
GUI facilitates access to all captured of the program to optimize use of will show you how to configure the
project metrics and enables users to resources and achieve desired goals. Foundry-Ready System for your specific
specify their design targets to simplify technology node, enabling you to:
the checking of design status (Figure 5).
Lynx Design System 4Set up scripts for your specific library/
`` Other common Lynx Design System
libraries customizations include:
Set up scripts for your specific foundry
`` Integration of internally developed
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technology files methodologies and processes for
Create/Update technology-specific
`` specialized flows and handoff points
flow scripts Automatic tracking of additional custom
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The Foundry-Ready System also metrics (e.g. number of IP instances,
improves tape-out quality with handoff dates, milestones, etc.)
embedded foundry “tape-in” criteria. Additional tape-out process checks
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It integrates process-specific (e.g. critical area analysis that
methodologies such as metal fill and calculates die yield probabilities)
via optimization and representative Integrating Lynx’s Production Flow into
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settings like on-chip variation (OCV) into customer’s design infrastructure
the design flow. Through a combination
of automated checks, documented Conclusion
guidelines and post-GDSII reports, the The Lynx Design System is a highly
Foundry-Ready System helps facilitate integrated, production-ready SoC
first-time-right, manufacturing-ready development platform delivering a
design submissions. streamlined path to tape-out. Based on
proven flows, it eases new technology
Open architecture facilitates adoption and enables designers to work
integration with your specific smarter and faster, delivering higher
design environment productivity and project predictability.
The Lynx Design System’s modular For more information, visit
architecture enables it to be customized www.synopsys.com/lynx.
to a variety of end-user design
environments. For example, steps in
the production flow are partitioned at
key logical handoff points (synthesis,
design planning, place and route, etc.)
which make it easy for customers to
plug-in custom “sub-flows” as needed.
While Lynx’s Production Flow is tuned
to deliver superior quality of results with
the Synopsys Galaxy Implementation
Platform, it can readily incorporate
internal or other vendors’ tools into
the design flow by updating standard
and well understood TCL scripts
and makefiles.
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