[SI-LIST] Re: How Do Others Do Timing Analysis Without Tool Like BLAST

  • From: Mike Mayer <mwmayer@xxxxxxx>
  • To: polus@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 08:01:36 -0500

>>>>> "polus" == polus  <polus@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

    > Greetings Everyone!

    > How do the rest of you perform timing analysis. WE have XFX but
    > not BLAST.  Currently I do it in EXCELL with a home grown
    > internal tool. This is cumbersome and time consuming.

    > There has to be a better way, particularily for pre-layout
    > design rather than having to wait for post layout data and using
    > something like BLAST.

    > Any suggestions?

BLAST can do pre-route timing analysis.

You can take a netlist from schematics, run BLAST and get a "global
slack report". You can also feed it a list of component x-y locations
and let it use manhattan lengths and simple driver models.

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Mike Mayer
mwmayer@xxxxxxx


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