Analog Layout Synthesis: What’s Missing?

摘要

In the first decade of the twenty first century, the first generation of analog synthesis tools-for sizing and forrnphysical design-moved from academic research projects, to startups, to integration on various standardrnplatforms. In this talk I’ll try to summarize what we got right in that first generation effort, but more importantly,rnwhat we got wrong. I’ll talk in particular about usage models-how real people do real layouts in this business-rnand highlight what I think are the big gaps, the big problems, and the big opportunities.