Editing Silicon compiler (section)

{{Short description|Electronic design automation software tool}}
A '''silicon compiler''' is an [[electronic design automation]] [[software system|software]] tool that is used for [[high-level synthesis]] of integrated circuits. Such a tool takes a user's specification of an [[Integrated circuit design|IC design]] as input and automatically generates an [[integrated circuit]] (IC) design files as output for further [[Semiconductor device fabrication|fabrication]] by the [[semiconductor fabrication plant]] or manually from discrete components. The process is sometimes referred to as [[hardware compilation]]. The silicon compiler may use the vendor's [[Process Design Kit]] for production.