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What is a Hard Macro and when is it used?

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Can any body explain about what is hard macro?

When we use hard macro in our design?

BR,
 

Re: About Hard Macro

Hardmacros are nothing but analog fullcustom blocks surrounded by some digital logic. Used in applications where we require less area ,power and speed
 

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Hi,

In Simple terms, Hard Macros are fixed in size. Eg. Memories
 

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-->Hard macros are generally in the form of IPs (or we termed it as IPs !).....
-->Important is those sre block level designs which are silicon tested and proved....
-->they might have been optimized for power or area or timing.
-->In physical design you can access pins of hard macros unlike soft macos which allows us to manipulate in different way.
-->you have frredom to move, rotate, flip but you can't touch inside anything inside macos
-->very common example of hard maco is memory...it can be any design which carries dedicated single functionality (in general)
-->be aware of features and characteristics of hard macro before you use it in your design... other than power, timing and area you also should know pin properties like sync pin etc
-->LEF file format allows easy usage of macos in different tools

rgds
https://asic-soc.blogspot.com
 

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About Hard Macro

hard core is nothing but memories like rams ....they are all ready design in your lib.but u didnt change any connects.just u r using that macro only



vAMSI
 

About Hard Macro

Hard macros are also called as IP that is intellectual property which we purchase from different vendors like mentorgraphics and so on
Bye take care
 

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