From Spec to Silicon — In Sync, On Time
Traditional SoC/IP development is plagued by misalignment between specification and implementation, redundant effort across design and validation, and slow iteration cycles. Teams often work in silos with fragile handoffs, leading to late-stage bugs, missed coverage, and delays in silicon success.
EFS addresses this by introducing a specification-driven, automation-ready methodology that unifies architecture, design, and validation workflows. It turns human-readable specifications into machine-executable flows, dramatically reducing debug iterations and enhancing reuse and traceability across the product lifecycle.
To revolutionize semiconductor design by delivering executable, specification-driven automation that bridges architecture to silicon — enabling precision, efficiency, and first-silicon success through intelligent tools that integrate seamlessly across design, validation, and deployment ecosystems.
In cloud infrastructure, Terraform made infrastructure programmable, reusable, and version-controlled. EFS brings that same power to semiconductor design.
EFS (Executable Flow Specification) enables SMART SoC/IP development:
The EFS syntax is modular, readable, and toolchain-agnostic. It captures high-level behaviors using a domain-specific language embedded within PlantUML and maps to design elements through structured exports. This format supports:
The system leverages YAML/JSON intermediates to bridge flow specifications and implementation artifacts. Checkers are dynamically generated to validate sequence, timing, protocol compliance, and system-wide feature correctness.
Validation is made efficient through database-backed signal mapping and FSDB analysis. Post-silicon integration uses signal trackers to analyze behavior captured in waveform traces or log databases.
Benefits: