Supplemental PDK for ASAP7 Using Synopsys Flow

Abstract

This paper reports a supplemental process design kit (PDK) for ASAP7 PDK using Synopsys design flow. ASAP7 is a PDK for “predictable” 7-nm FinFET technology node. ASAP7 PDK is useful for academical and educational purpose, however it only supports Cadence platform for Place and Route. A supplemental PDK is designed for ASAP7 to use Synopsys platform for Place and Route. This PDK is opened at the author’s GitHub site for both acamemical and educational usage.