IC Design Specification Lifecycle

The IC Design Specification contains the specification for a block or chip.

An IC Design Specification is created in the NotReady state and passes through the lifecycle states listed below. When the specification is promoted, the Enterprise Project Management application sends a message to the DesignSync server to tag the related object with the state name. You can quickly determine where a specification is in the design process by looking at its tag.


  • NotReady
  • ConceptComplete
  • ArchComplete
  • BlocksDefined
  • InterconDefined
  • PerfDefined
  • PrePlaceDefined
  • CritPathDefined
  • Ready4Design