siskin
Newbie level 6
I was wondering what kind of computers/workstations/servers are required these days for designing the latest digital ASICs?
I don't do many ASICs, but the last one I did was a 65nm job with a die area of about 40mm2. To do the gate level sims on that I used a 24-core Xeon blade and it needed 96 GB RAM, and weeks of running time.
What on earth do people use to design the latest 28nm ASICs with die areas in the 100's of mm2?
Siskin
I don't do many ASICs, but the last one I did was a 65nm job with a die area of about 40mm2. To do the gate level sims on that I used a 24-core Xeon blade and it needed 96 GB RAM, and weeks of running time.
What on earth do people use to design the latest 28nm ASICs with die areas in the 100's of mm2?
Siskin