[2-Week Synthesis Practice Challenge Round 5] Experience RTL Synthesis in a Professional Environment (Synopsys Design Compiler)

[2-Week Synthesis Practice Challenge 5th Cohort]

Recruitment Schedule: ~ 2026-05-04 5:00 PM

Lecture Schedule: 2026-05-05 9:00 AM ~ 2026-05-18 5:00 PM

*The lecture schedule and the Design Compiler Tool license schedule are the same.

Synthesis

What is Synthesis?

• Converting a Register Transfer Level design written in an HDL such as Verilog into a Gate Level design

• During the conversion process, the design is optimized according to constraints called Synopsys Design Constraints.

• Finally mapping to standard cells provided by the foundry

  
  

Importance of Synthesis Experience

Creating a Persuasive Self-Introduction Letter

The industry prefers new employees with experience in synthesis and timing verification.
However, gaining synthesis experience requires significant cost and time.
While the industry demands experience, offline training courses are also highly competitive.
This lecture provides an educational environment by replicating the actual environment used in the field.
We use Synopsys Design Compiler, which is the most widely used tool in the industry.
Through this lecture, you will be able to create a competitive self-introduction letter for offline training course selection and the job market.

Korea's first online lecture on synthesis practice

What is covered in the synthesis practice lecture

• Section 1. Preparing the Practice Environment

  
  

  • You can set up the practice environment in less than 5 minutes.

• Section 2. Preparation of Practice Design

  • Practice on how to read the RTL Design described in the provided HDL code into the tool

  • Practice the process of checking the loaded RTL design

  • Practice on methods for accessing each object

• Section 3. Describing Synopsys Design Constraints

  • Practice declaring the Clock, the core of digital circuits

  • Practice modeling the chip's external environment

  • Practice on basic timing verification variations and exceptions

• Section 4.

  • Preparation practice for compiling to the gate level

  • Practice and comparison of the compilation process

  • Practice on reports that must be checked after compilation

What you will gain from the synthesis practice lecture

• You will experience the environment used in practice and the most widely used Design Compiler.

• You can differentiate your self-introduction letter and gain a competitive edge.

  
  

Requirements

• Since this is a process of mapping circuits designed in a language into physical Gates, the following prerequisite knowledge is required.

  • Digital Logic Circuits

  • CMOS operating principles

  • Basic knowledge of the Verilog language

  • [Inflearn Lecture] It is recommended to take the Basic Design Synthesis Training first.
    https://inf.run/XkbCP

• Linux environment

  • In practice, a Linux environment is used.

  • Unlike Windows, it is a method of communicating with the computer primarily by entering commands.

  • It is helpful to know the major commands used in Linux.

• TCL for communicating with EDA tools

  • It is an interpreted language, and most EDA tools operate through a TCL interface.

    
    

  • If you are looking to get a job in digital circuit design, it is recommended to study this in your spare time.

    
    

Reference sites for study materials related to the lecture

• TCL, the most widely used scripting language in the PI / PD field

  • https://tcltk.co.kr