VLSI EDA Tools – Comprehensive Assessment This quiz evaluates your knowledge of industry-standard EDA tools used across the VLSI design flow including synthesis, simulation, STA, physical design, verification, DFT, power analysis, and signoff. Note: Tool names mentioned are trademarks/copyrights of their respective owner companies. Name Email Contact Number Which tools are primarily used for RTL synthesis to generate a gate-level netlist? Innovus, ICC2, Fusion Compiler Yosys, Design Compiler, Genus Calibre, Pegasus, ICV ModelSim, VCS, Xcelium None Which tools are used for functional RTL simulation and verification? PrimeTime, Tempus Yosys, Genus VCS, ModelSim, Xcelium StarRC, Quantus None Which tools are used for static timing analysis (STA)? Innovus, ICC2 Questa, VCS PrimeTime, Tempus, OpenSTA Calibre DRC None Which tools are used for physical implementation (place and route)? Calibre LVS Xcelium, VCS Genus, Design Compiler Innovus, ICC2, Fusion Compiler None Which tools are used for DRC verification? ModelSim Calibre DRC, Pegasus DRC, ICV Genus, Yosys PrimeTime None Which tools are used for LVS verification? Tempus, PrimeTime Innovus, ICC2 Calibre LVS, Pegasus LVS, ICV LVS ModelSim None Which tools are used for power analysis in VLSI design? ModelSim Calibre DRC PrimePower, Voltus, Joules Yosys None Which tools are used for parasitic extraction? PrimeTime StarRC, Quantus, Calibre xRC Questa Genus, Yosys None Which tools are used for formal verification and equivalence checking? Innovus Conformal, Formality ModelSim PrimeTime None Which tools are used for UPF/CPF-based low-power verification? Innovus VC LP, Conformal LP, Questa Power Aware Calibre DRC Genus None Which tools are used for gate-level simulation? Innovus Calibre Genus VCS, Xcelium, Questa None Which tools are used for floorplanning and power planning? VCS PrimeTime Innovus, ICC2, Fusion Compiler Yosys None Which tools are used for clock tree synthesis (CTS)? PrimeTime ModelSim Genus Innovus, ICC2, Fusion Compiler None Which tools are used for physical signoff timing? PrimeTime, Tempus Innovus VCS Yosys None Which tools are used for EM/IR drop analysis? Genus Voltus, RedHawk, Totem ModelSim Calibre LVS None Which tools are used for library characterization? VCS Calibre DRC SiliconSmart, Liberate Innovus None Which tools are used for analog circuit simulation? Genus Spectre, HSPICE, Eldo Innovus PrimeTime None Which tools are used for mixed-signal simulation? ICC2 AMS Designer, CustomSim, Questa ADMS Voltus Yosys None Which tools are used for FPGA synthesis? Genus Vivado, Quartus PrimeTime Calibre None Which tools are used for PCB signal integrity analysis? HyperLynx, Sigrity Innovus VCS Genus None Which tools are used for design rule fixing and layout optimization? PrimeTime Conformal ModelSim Innovus, ICC2 None Which tools are used for ECO implementation? Calibre LVS Yosys ECO Compiler, Innovus ECO, ICC2 ECO ModelSim None Which tools are used for scan insertion and DFT implementation? Innovus Tessent, DFT Compiler, Modus PrimeTime Spectre None Which tools are used for ATPG and fault simulation? Genus Innovus Tessent ATPG, TetraMAX PrimeTime None Which tools are used for reliability and aging analysis? ModelSim RelXpert, MOSRA Genus Yosys None Thank you for participating in StarVLSI Quiz 4 – VLSI EDA Tools Assessment. If you scored high, congratulations. You actually understand the VLSI tool flow instead of just memorizing tool names from LinkedIn comments. If you didn’t… that’s not a tragedy. It’s a signal. And signals are useful in engineering. Keep learning. Keep practicing. The semiconductor industry rewards clarity, not guesswork. StarVLSI – Building Real VLSI Engineers. Note: All tool names mentioned in this quiz are trademarks or copyrights of their respective owner companies. Time's up
