In electronic design automation, front-end stages of the design cycle are logical and electrical design (e.g., schematic capture, logic synthesis). Sometimes floorplanning is also considered front-end. back-end are place and route, custom layout design and physical verification (design rule checking, layout versus schematic, parasitics extraction). ) N; }- @4 L) T" z7 |. F; i% a" ?6 x3 b: B$ a$ g. X
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