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The Role of TDML (Continued)
Scenario III
- Chip designer Max Cerebellum was looking for better ways to visualize the results of static timing analysis of his latest giga-horsepower chip.
- He heard about TDML from an informed colleague, and determined that he could import TDML timing information into graphical tools specifically designed for visualization and manipulation of timing relationships.
- Max writes a procedure to take the results from his static timing engine and generate TDML for selected signals.
- By reading the TDML into a timing diagram tool, Max was able to graphically examine signal arrival-times and relationships.
- Another colleague, Jane Dough, hears about Max's work and wonders if TDML could be used to help with the visualization of output from a device tester in the lab.
- Jane and Max work together to generate TDML from the tester data and import the TDML into a visualization tool.
- Management celebrates the increased collaboration by buying commemorative t-shirts for the department and a fridge full of soda.