The Intel Design Automation System

Abstract

The Intel Design Automation (DA) System is overviewed within the framework of Intel's business and technological goals. The philosophies and goals that direct development, acquisition, and deployment of DA capabilities throughout Intel are provided as a foundation for a more detailed discussion of specific areas within the total DA system. The "computing hierarchy" used within Intel world-wide for design and verification of its products is presented, as well as a high-level picture of the entire DA system for Intel's components products mix. With this overview as a basis, detailed explanations of the Engineering Design Environment (EDeN), Functional Design Verification, Hierarchical Layout Verification, and Circuit Performance Verification are presented.