TY - GEN
T1 - OpenTimer
T2 - 34th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, ICCAD 2015
AU - Huang, Tsung-Wei
AU - Wong, Martin D F
PY - 2016/1/5
Y1 - 2016/1/5
N2 - We introduce in this paper, OpenTimer, an open-source timing analysis tool that efficiently supports (1) both block-based and path-based timing propagations, (2) common path pessimism removal (CPPR), and (3) incremental processing. OpenTimer works on industry formats (e.g.,.v,.spef,.lib,.sdc) and is designed to be parallel and portable. To further facilitate integration between timing and other electronic design automation (EDA) applications such as timing-driven placement and routing, OpenTimer provides user-friendly application programming interface (API) for inactive analysis. Experimental results on industry benchmarks released from TAU 2015 timing analysis contest have demonstrated remarkable results achieved by OpenTimer, especially in its order-of-magnitude speedup over existing timers.
AB - We introduce in this paper, OpenTimer, an open-source timing analysis tool that efficiently supports (1) both block-based and path-based timing propagations, (2) common path pessimism removal (CPPR), and (3) incremental processing. OpenTimer works on industry formats (e.g.,.v,.spef,.lib,.sdc) and is designed to be parallel and portable. To further facilitate integration between timing and other electronic design automation (EDA) applications such as timing-driven placement and routing, OpenTimer provides user-friendly application programming interface (API) for inactive analysis. Experimental results on industry benchmarks released from TAU 2015 timing analysis contest have demonstrated remarkable results achieved by OpenTimer, especially in its order-of-magnitude speedup over existing timers.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICCAD.2015.7372666
DO - 10.1109/ICCAD.2015.7372666
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84964555687
T3 - 2015 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, ICCAD 2015
SP - 895
EP - 902
BT - 2015 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, ICCAD 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 2 November 2015 through 6 November 2015
ER -