ICdesign
IC design, short for integrated circuit design, is the discipline of creating the circuitry embedded in silicon chips. It covers digital, analog, and mixed-signal domains and ranges from microprocessors and memory devices to specialized application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). IC designers translate product requirements into transistor-level schematics, logic blocks, and physical layouts that can be manufactured in silicon. The IC design process is distinct from fabrication, which turns a design into a physical chip.
Typical design flow includes specification, architectural design, behavioral modeling, and circuit design. Digital designs are described
Verification and validation are integral throughout the flow, employing simulation, formal methods, and hardware testbenches. Design-for-test
Fabrication occurs in semiconductor foundries using process technologies defined by process-node vendors. IP reuse and integration