Nangate Design Optimizer™ is the re-synthesis solution for next-generation physical design flows. The Design Optimizer brings together standard-cell library creation with gate-level optimization to provide significant improvements in design speed, area and power consumption.

RTL Synthesis and Physical Design flows from leading suppliers all rely on a predefined, fixed standard-cell library. Standard-cell libraries are created with the intent of general-purpose usage across various design types, so compromises have to be made that affect performance on a particular design. The Design Optimizer (NDO) removes these restrictions and introduces concurrent optimization of design and library.

Key Features and Benefits

• Creates the optimized mapped netlist based on your design goals: speed, area and power
• Provides the ability to identify and specify key metrics of an optimal combination of standard cells for any given design, which ensures that library development teams are able to produce the optimal library for the specific design
• Complements existing physical synthesis flows from Synopsys, Cadence and Magma by providing an additional post-synthesis optimization stage that eliminates the constraints inherent in non-optimal standard-cell libraries
• Permits optimization using an extensive range of complex logic functions, utilizing the Nangate Library Creator™ to build the optimal library for a given design
• Allows easy configuration through intuitive graphical wizard as well as standard command shell to reduce configuration overhead while maintaining full configurability and use of advanced scripting