BTA Design Services

• Experience with SOC/ASIC/FPGA designs
• Micro-architecture
• RTL logic design entry – SystemVerilog, Verilog, VHDL
• Designer testing, debug and verification closure with DV team
• Synthesis, STA and timing closure working with back-end team
• Lint (logic, CDC)
• System modelling (behavioral and acceleration models, co-simulation with RTL)
• Experience with major CAD tools
• AMD (Xilinx) Affiliate Partner

Experience in following domains:

• Chip top level, sub-systems, blocks, custom IP
• Networking (wired, optical, wireless)
• 5G, 4G, LTE
• Graphics/video, mobile, consumer
• Mil-Aero
• AI, deep learning, inference
• ARM or RISC-V processor sub-systems
• Common internal interfaces (AXI, AHB, etc.)
• Common external interfaces (10G-400G Ethernet, PCIe to Gen 6, USB, etc.)

• Verification environments (chip, sub-system, block)
• Verification (test) plans
• Functional coverage models / definition
• SV/UVM and other methodologies
• Constrained-random functional coverage and code coverage
• Verification reuse
• VIP development and integration
• Test writing and debugging
• Coverage analysis and closure
• Regression management and optimization
• Verification sign-off

• Full RTL to GDSII flow
• Blocks, sub-systems, chips
• Floor planning, placement, routing, clocks, power
• STA, extraction
• Physical verification (LVS/DRC)
• Focus on FinFET – experience down to 3nm
• TSMC, Samsung and other foundries
• Power analysis (including Redhawk expertise)
• PnR flow setup in new bleeding edge process nodes
• Synopsys, Cadence and Mentor tools

• Requirements validation and refinement
• Feasibility analysis, technology selection support
• Functional specification
• High level architecture
• Detailed architecture
• Specs drive design and verification approach

• Custom or off-the-shelf FPGA platforms
• Prototyping whole ASICs or scale/partition approach
• SW or HW emulation to support verification acceleration
• Support for early software integration
• AMD (Xilinx), Intel (Altera), Lattice

Leadership

• BTA can provide leadership for turn-key solutions (spec to design complete) or embedded teams
• Offload client management, enable project execution when there is also a leadership bottleneck
• Industry veteran leaders

Consulting

• Feasibility studies
• Process node technology selection
• High level development strategy and planning
• Methodology
• Audits and reviews