1. Precision Physical is vastly different to Amplify
a. With no verifiable success concerning Amplify’s automated flow, the
main feature available is the floorplanning capability. This requires time,
effort and skill but does not ensure any improvement in design
performance. Precision Physical has a push button automated flow with
embedded timing analysis to give instantly verifiable performance
enhancement.
2. Non-convergent/Non-incremental design flow
a. The RTL Floorplan created in Amplify is based on the timing information
after place and route. However, the placement is discarded which
therefore invalidates this timing information, potentially resulting in nonconvergence.
b. No embedded timing analysis. The user must go through place and route
to verify timing.
c. Although Amplify can read in placement and delay information in the
automated TOPS flow, the majority of users only find benefit with the
interactive flow. Here the placement is not read in which therefore
prevents an incremental design flow.