LSI design flow and EDA

What does "EDA" refer to?

  1. ASoftware and techniques that automate and support the design of electronic circuits and LSIs (electronic design automation)
  2. BThe name of a semiconductor manufacturing tool
  3. CA store selling electronic components
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Answer: A. Software and techniques that automate and support the design of electronic circuits and LSIs (electronic design automation)

EDA stands for electronic design automation, the umbrella term for software and techniques that support and automate the design of LSIs and electronic circuits, including circuit description, simulation, logic synthesis, place and route and verification. LSIs with billions of transistors cannot be designed without EDA.

  • A. Correct. It is the umbrella term for design automation techniques.
  • B. It is not the name of manufacturing equipment.
  • C. It is not a store.
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More LSI design flow and EDA questions

  1. Which set correctly lists companies with large shares of the global EDA tool market?
  2. In developing large LSIs, which activity is said to take a large share of the total effort?
  3. Which set correctly gives the three metrics represented by "PPA", often used to evaluate LSI designs?
  4. Which design approach has people design each transistor's dimensions and placement to push performance and area to the limit?
  5. Which approach prefabricates a common base (master) covered with transistors and designs and manufactures only the wiring layers for each product?