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# OpenSTA, Static Timing Analyzer
# Copyright (c) 2018, Parallax Software, Inc.
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Parallax Gate Level Static Timing Analyzer
See INSTALL for 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