Architecture to RTL

High-Efficiency Micro-Architecture & RTL Implementation

At Power Silicon Technologies, our front-end design team converts architectural concepts into clean, synthesizable, and timing-aware RTL. We balance performance, power, and silicon area (PPA) at every step of logic decomposition.

Whether implementing complex CPU/DSP pipelines, custom hardware neural network accelerators, or high-throughput AMBA AXI/NoC interconnects, we enforce strict linting, Clock Domain Crossing (CDC), and Reset Domain Crossing (RDC) clean standards.

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Front-End Design Deliverables

Micro-Architecture Specifications (MAS): Detailed block-level timing, pipeline stages, and memory mapping.
SystemVerilog / Verilog RTL: Clean, parameterized, and modular source code.
Lint & CDC/RDC Signoff: SpyGlass / Questa CDC zero-violation reports.
UPF / CPF Power Intent: Multi-voltage domain and power gating rule sets.
Logic Synthesis & Constraints: Synopsys DC / Cadence Genus SDC scripts with timing closure targets.

Pillar 01

Custom IP & Subsystem Design

Development of proprietary accelerators, memory controllers (LPDDR5/DDR4), PCIe Gen4/5 controllers, MIPI CSI/DSI interfaces, and cryptographic engines.

RISC-V and ARM custom processor cores
High-speed Ethernet and SerDes controller logic
Hardware crypto accelerators (AES, SHA-3, RSA)

Pillar 02

Low-Power Architecture (UPF / CPF)

Ultra-low power methodologies tailored for battery-operated IoT, wearable electronics, and energy-efficient edge AI inference processors.

Multi-Voltage (MSV) and Dynamic Voltage Scaling (DVFS)
Power Gating (PSO) with state retention logic
Automated clock gating (ICG) efficiency > 95%

Pillar 03

SoC Top-Level Integration

Seamless integration of third-party commercial IP (ARM, Synopsys DesignWare, Cadence IP), custom analog mixed-signal (AMS) blocks, and on-chip interconnects.

AMBA AXI5/4, AHB, APB & CHI interconnect topologies
CoreSight debug, trace and JTAG architectures
Pad ring design and IO muxing logic

Pillar 04

FPGA Prototyping & Emulation

Mapping large ASIC SoC designs onto multi-FPGA prototyping boards (Xilinx UltraScale+, Intel Stratix 10) to facilitate early software and driver bring-up.

Automated RTL partitioning across multiple FPGAs
Memory and clock conversion for FPGA architectures
Real-time speed execution (20MHz - 100MHz)

VLSI Design & SoC Architecture