Flow and methodology Good flow and methodology is ... a high degree of confidence in the functional correctness of the physical database. Throughout the physical design process, formal verification is ...

top-level physical implementation tool that includes prototyping, floorplanning, and chip assembly. The unified hierarchical database enables a much more streamlined hierarchical design flow.

However, to ensure end-to-end trustworthy IC design flow, it is necessary to have security sign-off during physical design flow. This paper presents a secure physical design roadmap to enable ...