ALP Chip Design Studio
ASIC/FPGA design from RTL to tape-out with synthesis, place & route, timing closure, and formal verification.
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Pro | $499 / mo | RTL design, synthesis, P&R, timing |
| Enterprise | Custom | Formal verification, tape-out, vendor EDA sync |
Feature Deep-Dive
RTL Design
Write SystemVerilog or VHDL inside .alp @task blocks. ALP provides syntax highlighting, linting, and auto-completion via the VS Code extension.
Synthesis
Run Yosys or Cadence Genus synthesis as ALP tasks. Reports are parsed and stored in the timeline. Area, timing, and power estimates are surfaced in the dashboard.
Place & Route
Execute OpenROAD or Innovus P&R flows. ALP monitors DRC violations and can iterate placement automatically to meet timing constraints.
Timing Analysis
Static timing analysis (STA) with PrimeTime or OpenSTA. Setup, hold, and pulse-width violations are mapped back to RTL source lines.
FPGA Flow
Support for Xilinx Vivado and nextpnr. Bitstream generation and hardware-in-the-loop testing are orchestrated as ALP tasks.
Formal Verification
Property checking and equivalence verification. ALP generates cover properties from @contract interface specifications and reports counterexamples.
Use Cases
- ASIC teams automating RTL-to-GDSII flows with ALP orchestration.
- FPGA teams iterating on firmware with fast P&R and hardware validation.
- EDA teams integrating proprietary tools into a unified ALP pipeline.
Integration
Creates @task for RTL blocks, @workflow for synthesis→P&R→STA pipeline, @policy for DRC rules, and @contract for interface compliance.
Quickstart
- Install the EDA plugin:
npm install -g @alp/chip-design-studio@80.0.0 - Initialize a chip project:
alp init chip-project --template asic - Write RTL:
@task rtl(module: alu, inputs: [a, b, op], outputs: [result]) - Run synthesis:
alp run --workflow synthesize - Generate timing report:
alp analytics timing --stage sta