Timing Verification and Optimization

This lecture covers timing verification and optimization in digital circuits, focusing on checking speed, I/O delay constraints, and cycle-time constraints. It explains gate and network delay modeling, virtual gates, and signal propagation computation. Examples illustrate delay calculations, required data-ready times, and sensitizable paths. The concept of topological critical paths, static co-sensitization, false path detection tests, and important problems in circuit timing are also discussed.