How much do we lose in hard vs soft IP?

gate

array

std

cell

std

cell

2 sizes

std

cell

6 sizes

std

cell

limitless

dynamic

library

RTL

syn

auto

P&R

tiling

manual

layout

*

*

5X speed

1/4X area

1/10X power

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