= Electronic design automation
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= EDA tool
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A set of software programs that <compile> high level <register transfer level> languages such as <Verilog> into something that a <fab> can actually produce. One is reminded of a <compiler toolchain> but on a lower level.
The most important steps of that include:
* <logic synthesis>: mapping the <Verilog> to a <standard cell library>
* <place and route>: mapping the synthesis output into the 2D surface of the chip
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