request help on basic design compiler interview questions

[srp]

compiler interview questions

Hi,

Please can somebody help on what kind of basic design compiler questions to expect on an interview.

Appreciate your help!

Sincerely,
Shubha

 

[sam536]

interview question request help

1. Questions regarding the Synopsys Setup file synthesis. Why link lib and target lib is required and order of search path .

2. clock constraints like uncertainty, clock jitter, skew and etc.
3. explain about timing path.
4. how to specify IO delays.
5. Max dealy significance.
6. Optimization techniques.


Best of luck..

Regards,
Sam

 

[ivlsi]

Re: interview question request help

What are the optimization techniques in nowadays DC-Topological?
I know the following:
- constrain the critical paths
- clone the logic
- re-balance flops on the pipeline

What are others?