why Downsizing of cell is done?

[ndhingra]

Hi,

As upsizing of cell is done to decrease delay and to solve set up time violation.
Can anyone tell me, why downsizing is done?

 

[alam4vlsi]

The answer is in your question only

To increase the delay in order to fix hold violation, we go for downsizing the data cells. I think you that if there is hold violation, we have to increase the delay along data path to fix it.

 

[bright8848]

Can anyone tell me, why downsizing is done?

Maybe there is another reason that decreasing area of chip.