# OpenSTA, Static Timing Analyzer
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Parallax Gate Level Static Timing Analyzer
See INSTALL for installation and build instructions. 

Standard file formats
 Verilog
 Liberty
 SDC
 SDF
 RSPF/DSPF/SPEF

Exception path support
 False path
 Multicycle path
 Min/Max delay
 Exception points
  -from clock/pin/instance -through pin/net -to clock/pin/instance
  Edge specific exception points
   -rise_from/-fall_from, -rise_through/-fall_through, -rise_to/-fall_to

Clocks
 Generated
 Latency
 Source latency (insertion delay)
 Uncertainty
 Propagated/Ideal
 Gated clock checks
 Multiple frequency clocks

Delay calculation
 Integrated Dartu/Menezes/Pileggi RC effective capacitance algorithm
 External delay calculator API

Analysis
 Report timing checks -from, -through, -to, multiple paths to endpoint
 Report delay calculation
 Check timing setup

Search Engine
 Query based incremental update of delays, arrival and required times
 Simulator to propagate constants from constraints and netlist tie high/low

Timing engine library
 Network adapter uses external netlist database without duplicating any data