Silicon Design Services From Concept to Tapeout
DNCL Technologies is a reliable Silicon Systems Design partner delivering full-stack VLSI engineering services — ASIC, SoC and FPGA design and verification, mixed-signal and analog layout, design-for-testability and physical design — backed by over 10 years of silicon engineering experience and senior engineers on every program.
Our Silicon Systems Design Capabilities
Deep expertise across the front-end and back-end of the chip design flow.
ASIC Design & Verification
RTL design and functional verification across ASIC, FPGA and SoC platforms — including IP-level and formal verification — to catch issues early and keep your schedule on track.
- RTL design & architecture review
- Functional & UVM-based verification
- Testbench development & coverage closure
- Formal verification & assertion-based checks
- Gate-level & low-power verification
Design for Testability (DFT)
Built-in test structures that reduce manufacturing test cost and improve silicon quality.
- Scan insertion & ATPG pattern generation
- Memory BIST & logic BIST integration
- Boundary scan (JTAG) implementation
- DFT architecture planning
- Test coverage analysis & signoff
Physical Design
Floorplanning through signoff, optimized for timing, power, and area on advanced nodes.
- Floorplanning & power planning
- Placement & clock tree synthesis
- Routing & timing closure
- Physical verification (DRC/LVS)
- Static timing analysis & signoff
Analog & Mixed-Signal (AMS) Layout
Precision layout for analog and mixed-signal blocks where matching and noise matter most.
- Custom analog & mixed-signal layout
- Optimized floor planning for AMS blocks
- Device matching & symmetry techniques
- Parasitic-aware layout optimization
- ESD & latch-up-safe layout practices
- Post-layout verification support
SoC / IP Design Verification
Rigorous UVM-based verification that ensures your design meets spec before it ever reaches silicon.
- UVM testbench construction & scoreboard design
- Constrained-random stimulus generation
- Functional & code coverage closure
- Assertion-based verification (ABV)
- Verification plan authoring & sign-off metrics
- Regression management & bug triage
FPGA Design
High-efficiency FPGA implementations for prototyping, real-time processing, and production designs.
- RTL-to-bitstream FPGA implementation
- Real-time data processing pipelines
- Communication system & protocol interfaces
- ASIC-to-FPGA prototyping & emulation
- Timing closure & resource optimization
A Dependable Engineering Partner for Every Tapeout
Every Silicon Systems Design engagement is led by senior engineers who take full ownership of the flow — not just a scoped deliverable. We work as an extension of your team, with transparent status reporting and disciplined sign-off gates at every stage.
- Senior engineers embedded on every program, not just at kickoff
- Disciplined sign-off gates from RTL through GDSII
- Transparent, milestone-based project reporting
- Proven flow across 180nm–5nm process nodes
SoC Validation & Silicon Bring-up
Getting first silicon to production faster with disciplined bring-up and validation support.
Silicon Bring-up
- Power-on and boot sequencing
- Clock and reset bring-up
- Memory subsystem validation
- Peripheral bring-up (USB, PCIe, DDR)
- JTAG / debug port configuration
SoC Validation
- Functional validation at silicon
- Performance benchmarking
- Interface validation (USB, PCIe)
- Power management validation
- Thermal characterization support
Our Silicon Systems Design Process
A disciplined flow from requirements to signed-off GDSII.
Requirement Analysis
We review your spec, target node, and performance/power goals before architecture begins.
RTL Design
Architecture-aligned RTL coding with reuse of proven, verifiable IP blocks where possible.
Verification
UVM testbenches, coverage closure, and formal checks to catch bugs before tapeout.
Physical Design
Floorplanning, place & route, and timing closure optimized for your target node.
Signoff & Tapeout
DRC/LVS clean, STA-signed-off GDSII ready for foundry submission.
Tools, Nodes & Methodologies
We work with industry-standard EDA tool flows across leading process nodes.
What Our Silicon Systems Design Work Looks Like
Representative engagement types our silicon teams take on.
Advanced-Node Physical Design
Netlist-to-GDSII ownership for complex SoC blocks — floorplanning, macro placement, timing and congestion closure across all corners, and physical verification signoff.
Ultra-Low-Power Analog IP
Spec-to-GDS delivery of analog IP blocks such as SERDES, LDO, GPIO, and LVDS interfaces, layout-optimized for deep-submicron, ultra-low-power targets.
Protocol-Compliant SoC Verification
UVM testbench development with integrated USB and AMBA verification IP, plus compliance verification against USB and PCIe protocol specifications.
"Their DFT and physical design teams caught timing issues we would only have found post-tapeout — that alone saved us a full re-spin."
— Director of Silicon Engineering, Fabless Semiconductor ClientChips We Help Build
Our Silicon Systems Design teams have supported designs across a wide range of end markets.
Why DNCL Is a Reliable Silicon Partner
What technology teams count on us for, engagement after engagement.
Proven Execution Discipline
A structured, repeatable flow from requirements to signoff keeps schedules and quality predictable across every tapeout.
Senior Engineers, Not Just Resumes
Your program is staffed with experienced RTL, verification, and physical design engineers — not junior hand-offs.
Full-Flow Ownership
We own outcomes end-to-end across RTL, verification, DFT, and physical design, so accountability never falls between teams.
Transparent Communication
Regular milestone reviews and direct access to your engineering leads, with no black-box status updates.
Long-Term Engineering Partnership
We stay engaged beyond tapeout — bring-up, validation, and future revisions — as a dependable long-term partner, not a one-off vendor.
Silicon Systems Design FAQs
Common questions about our chip design engagements.