The design team's analysis of the issues found on test chip silicon: the root cause of each, the evidence for it, the design change proposed and whether the fix needs a new layout or can be handled in views, documents or errata.
Analysis Work product in the Hard IP lifecycle
A fix must address the cause, not the symptom, and a hard macro fix may mean a new layout and a new test chip. The findings decide whether the macro can be released with errata or needs another silicon turn.
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