This book describes RTL design using Verilog, synthesis and timing closure for System On Chip (SOC) design blocks. It covers the complex RTL design scenarios and challenges for SOC designs and provides practical information on performance improvements in SOC, as well as Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) designs. Prototyping using modern high density Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) is discussed in this book with the practical examples and case studies. The book discusses SOC design, performance improvement techniques, testing and system level verification, while also describing the modern Intel FPGA/XILINX FPGA architectures and their use in SOC prototyping. Further, the book covers the Synopsys Design Compiler (DC) and Prime Time (PT) commands, and how they can be used to optimize complex ASIC/SOC designs. The contents of this book will be useful to students and professionals alike.

Vaibbhav Taraate is an Entrepreneur and Mentor at "Semiconductor Training @ Rs.1". He holds a BE (Electronics) degree from Shivaji University, Kolhapur (1995) and received a Gold Medal for standing first in all engineering branches. He completed his M.Tech. (Aerospace Control and Guidance) at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) in 1999. He has over 15 years of experience in semi-custom ASIC and FPGA design, primarily using HDL languages such as Verilog and VHDL. He has worked with multinational corporations as a consultant, senior design engineer, and technical manager. His areas of expertise include RTL design using VHDL, RTL design using Verilog, complex FPGA-based design, low power design, synthesis/optimization, static timing analysis, system design using microprocessors, high-speed VLSI designs, and architecture design of complex SOCs.