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In and out

 What we r seen outside is our abstract view; with pins to connect to, where can be routed and where not. What we r inside is deep, detailed layers with more accurate timing. But eventually the signoff timing, equivalence, lvs should all match

Krishnashtami - The other universe

 “Mother, mother, Kanha is putting sand in his mouth” complained Balarama to the mother…angry and frustrated, Yasodamma asked the little Krishna to open his mouth…Krishna said no…mother insisted…Krishna opened his mouth…Yasodamma was stunned at what she saw…she was expecting to see sand/silicon and she is seeing the electrons, noms, pros, transistors, deep nwells, billions of transistors, routes, layers, vias, srams, power routing, signal routes, metal fill, flops, timing paths, switching nets, clocks switching, crosstalk, waveforms, bist, phys, IOs, bumps, floorpan, placement…a whole universe out there… Happy Janmashtami