Advanced Guide

The following sections describe how to build your own custom modules in SiliconCompiler so that you can customize your own flow. If you don’t plan to build your own modules and just want to use SiliconCompiler with pre-defined modules, see the Reference Manual.

Building modules

• Targets
  • Functions
  • setup(chip)
  • make_docs(chip)
• Flows
  • Functions
  • setup()
  • make_docs(chip)
• Tools
  • Tool functions
    • setup()
    • parse_version(stdout)
    • normalize_version(version)
    • make_docs(chip)
  • Task functions
    • setup()
    • pre_process(chip)
    • post_process(chip)
    • runtime_options(chip)
    • make_docs(chip)
    • run(chip)
  • TCL interface
• PDKs
  • Functions
  • setup()
  • make_docs(chip)
• Libraries
  • Functions
  • setup()
    • Foundational IP
    • Soft IP
  • make_docs(chip)

Appendix

• Contributing modules
• Metrics
• Records
• Remote processing
  • Configuring a Different Remote Server
    • Public Server
    • Private Server
  • Troubleshooting