DATC RDF: An Open Design Flow from Logic Synthesis to Detailed Routing

TL;DR

This paper introduces DATC RDF, an open-source, scalable design flow covering logic synthesis to detailed routing, facilitating research and industrial design interaction through a comprehensive database and cloud infrastructure.

Contribution

It provides a complete open-source design flow from logic synthesis to routing, with a benchmark database and industrial format compatibility, enabling advanced research and industrial collaboration.

Findings

Successfully demonstrated RDF in a scalable cloud environment

Established a comprehensive database for design benchmarks and tools

Facilitated cross-stage optimization research using RDF

Abstract

In this paper, we present DATC Robust Design Flow (RDF) from logic synthesis to detailed routing. Our goals are 1) to provide an open-source academic design flow from logic synthesis to detailed routing based on existing contest results, 2) to construct a database for design benchmarks and point tool libraries, and 3) to interact with industrial designs by using industrial standard design input/output formats. We also demonstrate RDF in a scalable cloud infrastructure. Design methodology and cross-stage optimization research can be conducted via RDF.