Lint in VLSI Design and its importance in RTL Design

2022年12月30日 — RTL linting is the process of signing off on RTL code quality in terms of adherence to specific design coding rules, e.g. syntax, semantics, ...

Lint in VLSI design is a process of Static code analysis of the RTL design, to check the quality of the code using thousands of guidelines/rules.

RTL linting is an important tool to analyze RTL code, catching issues ranging from syntax errors to QoR issues. It helps RTL designers to improve productivity.

Linting is a productivity tool for designers to quickly find typos and bugs at the time when the RTL is written.

Questa Lint is a lint tool that checks your RTL code more thoroughly and rigorously than the compiler. Analyze RTL code for early bug detection using ...

2024年5月14日 — The RTL linting rules are designed for low noise and ease of debug. Our intuitive GUI makes rule selection and configuration fast and easy.

Synopsys SpyGlass Lint is an integrated static verification solution for early design analysis with the most in-depth analysis at the RTL design phase.

這些最低限度且強制性的檢測使設計人員能夠進行進階Lint檢查，運行無瑕疵的RTL 程式碼，並從程式碼編寫的那一刻起就識別出設計故障(design fault)，對半導體產業來說可謂一大 ...

Lint has become the generic term given to design verification tools that perform a static analysis of software based on a series of rules and guidelines.