- reimplement using a sparecell
- reimplement using newest open_pdks
!important using openlane pre odb with some local patches which
most if not all are merged in the current head of openlane however
still takes effort to update the interactive script to be latest
openlane compatible
!important override abstract lef generated by openlane. openlane
generates lef and mag that contain def BLOCKAGE layers that cause
congestions during top level routing
- remove unused port in chip_io
- move the rest of chip_io power ports to the USE_POWER_PINS guard
- add caravel_power_routing cell guarded by TOP_ROUTING ifdef
~ update the following views:
def
mag
verilog
spef(all corners)
+ add the ability to override the interactive script filename
+ add the ability to run openlane regression using regression.config
file
~ change GRT ADJUSTMENT values
~ change pointers to some files for workarounds
!important the interactive script still needs updates
!important this was done using old openlane v0.22 and its matching
pdk
!important known workarounds:
- a custom techlef is used where large metal spacing rules are the
only ones present to avoid violations by the router
- some odd behaviour happening when a macro has a lef view
with a non zero origin. so the power routing cell is (temporarily)
modified to have a zero origin and its placement has been shifted
which doesn't match the power routing mag.
- the old openlane doesn't generate multi spef corners. they
are generated using timing-scripts repo
includes RTL change inside the padframe definition to remove one
previously unnoticed hard-wired connection between VDDIO and a
3.3V domain digital input pin.
* Effectively reverted the change to add spare logic blocks near each
of the GPIO control blocks by changing the definition of
NUM_SPARE_BLOCKS to 4 (the original number of spare logic blocks)
for both caravel and caravan top level RTL verilog modules.
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
Co-authored-by: RTimothyEdwards <RTimothyEdwards@users.noreply.github.com>
- rtl updated
~ add one column to the right to pass placement congestion
~ density adjusted (probably has no effect)
+ manually add isosubstrate layer in mag and gds from older iterations
!important still need to run dynamic simulations
!important depends on some updates to openlane
!important need to be able to recreate using newer openlane versions
* Added enough spare logic blocks to have the existing four above
the processor, plus one each per GPIO (38 for caravel, 27 for
caravan).
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
Co-authored-by: RTimothyEdwards <RTimothyEdwards@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jeff DiCorpo <42048757+jeffdi@users.noreply.github.com>
* Removed the SRAM read-only interface by wrapping all related code
in an ifdef for "USE_SRAM_RO_INTERFACE", which is undefined.
* Apply automatic changes to Manifest and README.rst
Co-authored-by: RTimothyEdwards <RTimothyEdwards@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Jeff DiCorpo <42048757+jeffdi@users.noreply.github.com>
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Tim Edwards
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