Static Timing Analysis for Nanometer Designs: A Practical Approach 2009th Edition

J Bhasker generally writes easy to understand books. This is another fine example.This book covers a broad range of topics and is very complete and self contained. This is an excellent refresher on STA and can be used alongside any industry standard tool training one might take. Highly recommended. The price of the book is on the expensive side though.

I like how the explanations are very simple and to the point. this is a very good guide for primetime. My only complaint is that the book could have more examples. The book is very good for people who have already used primetime and is not for beginners.

I'm disappointed with "Static Timing Analysis for Nanometer Designs"by Bhasker and Chadha, a very expensive book that explains the basicsabout static timing analysis, illustrated using a specific tool,PrimeTime from Synopsys, Inc.There's little to nothing about how timing analysis itself is done;for that, try "Timing", by Sachin Sapapnekar. The focus in Bhaskerand Chadha is on constraint modeling, illustrated with the modelinglanguage SDC, Synopsys Design Constraints.The physical book is well made and with good quality paper and print.It is easy on the eyes -- there's lots of white space and timingdiagrams and basic examples, and no obvious typos. And lots and lotsof timing output reports, so many than one's eyes tend to glaze over,but good to have when you need them. But in too many cases, thefigures are on different pages from the prose describing them, leadingto a lot of page flipping, which impedes learning.The book is expensive -- it lists for $209.00, and the best price Ifound was Amazon's at $165.87. For that kind of money, I want moreinsight, more detail, more value. Yet I often felt like I was readinga user's manual for a tool.There is a conflict in exposition between simplicity (explain thebasic idea) and complexity (deal with the general case). I'm not atiming expert, but for a "book [that] can be used as a reference for agraduate course in chip design" (p. xivv), the exposition stayed quiterudimentary. Most explanations are predicated on a common clock, andsome issues with setup and hold on multi-cycle paths are notmentioned; e.g., no mention of the need to check that a multi-cyclepath does not violate setup or hold due to an intermediate clock edge;I guess it does not occur "in most common scenarios" (page 262).If you wade and wait long enough though (well more than half way, deepinto chapter 8 "Timing Verification" and into chapter 9 "InterfaceAnalysis"), you'll be rewarded with descriptions of more complicatedclocking schemes, and an indication of how the setup and hold edgesare determined for non-common clocks.I was also disappointed with the bibliography -- great books dealingwith circuits and analysis were not mentioned, including "CMOS CircuitDesign, Layout, and Simulation, Revised Second Edition" by R. JacobBaker, and "Electronic Circuit and System Simulation Methods" byPillage (Pileggi), Rohrer, and Visweswariah.Is the book clear, does it explain the basics well -- yes. Does thebook address how to *do* static timing analysis, clearly describe thedetailed semantics, or deal with synchronizers and complicated clockdomain crossings -- no. Is it worth the time to read and the money toacquire -- depends on your needs. I expect it will be helpful; but itstill seems over priced.[]

It is an okay book for basics...but does try to overdo explanations and doesn't cover many concepts...the ones it covers over does it. Like definition of create_clock....all varieties of clock, focuses on a few things in too much detail.... it can be a reference for graduate school and very new engineer.....too expensive book for simple concepts....

excellent

This book is written for both logic and physical design point of view. There is excellent coverage of STA concepts, cell library, parasitics, timing caluclation, effect of noise, timing verification etc.

When someone enters the world of STA (static timing analysis), it's usually a trial-by-fire where you jump right into the fray and learn as you go. This wasn't too bad several years ago, but STA is complex enough now that this method of learning can be rather painful. Training seminars help convey the basics, but it's hard to absorb months or years worth of practical knowledge in a few days of training.This book is a great introductory book that covers just about all relevant aspects of STA that an engineer must know. Concepts are explained with lots of reports and timing diagrams, including examples taking from real-world I/O situations (such as DDR interfaces). Timing exceptions, clock gating, crosstalk, clock relationships, static noise - the book provides well-rounded coverage of a broad set of topics which should bring anyone up to a competent level of modern-day STA capability. Chris Papademetrious PrimeTime Corporate Applications Engineer Synopsys Inc.

The binding quality is really poor.