IEEE DATC Robust Design Flow (DATC RDF) is intended to (i) preserve and integrate leading research codes, including from past academic contests, and to (ii) provide a foundation and backplane for academic research in the RTL-to-GDS IC implementation arena.

Enablement of Chisel in RDF-2021 opens the door to use of recent open-source processor and accelerator designs for design flow research. We also envision that RDF-2021 will benefit hardware design research by providing a readily usable, public design flow to evaluate multiple architectural and design choices. B. RTL Obfuscation

Abstract: This paper describes the latest release of the DATC Robust Design Flow (RDF), RDF-2021, which has several key additions to expand its horizons. The Chisel/FIRRTL compiler is now part of DATC RDF, enabling support of recent hardware generator designs written in Chisel.

This paper describes the latest release of the DATC Robust Design Flow (RDF), RDF-2021, which has several key additions to expand its horizons. The Chisel/FIRRTL compiler is now part of DATC RDF, enabling support of recent hardware generator designs written in Chisel.

DATC RDF Calibrations (2021) This repository provides calibrations for four basic electrical analyses using publicly-available enablements (ASAP7, NanGate45, SKY130HD, and SKY130HS): Timer calibration data for static timing analysis

The document describes updates to the DATC Robust Design Flow (RDF) in its 2021 release (RDF-2021). Key updates include: 1) Adding support for Chisel/FIRRTL, enabling hardware designs written in the Chisel hardware description language. 2) Incorporating logic locking through RTL obfuscation and DFT insertion capabilities.

This paper describes new elements in the RDF-2022 release of the DATC Robust Design Flow, along with other activities of the IEEE CEDA DATC. The RosettaStone initiated with RDF-2021 has been augmented to include 35 benchmarks and four open-source technologies (ASAP7, NanGate45 and SkyWater130HS/HD), plus timing-sensible versions created using ...

This paper describes new elements in the RDF-2022 release of the DATC Robust Design Flow, along with other activities of the IEEE CEDA DATC. The RosettaStone initiated with RDF-2021 has been augmented to include 35 benchmarks and four open-source ...

The RDF-2021 flow developed by the IEEE CEDA Design Automation Technical Committee (DATC) [15] is a framework for EDA-flow-related research. The latest RDF version includes Chisel/FIRRTL [16], a hardware generation tool built in Scala, and METRICS2.1 [17], a metric system to collect data and enable ML applications.

The RosettaStone initiated with RDF-2021 has been augmented to include 35 benchmarks and four open-source technologies (ASAP7, NanGate45 and SkyWater130HS/HD), plus timingsensible versions created using path-cutting. The Hier-RTLMP macro placer is now part of DATC RDF, enabling macro placement for large modern designs with hundreds of macros.