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What is Conformal?

Conformal is a term often used in the context of formal verification and equivalence checking in electronic design automation (EDA). Conformal tools mathematically prove that two circuit designs (e.g., RTL and gate-level netlist) are functionally equivalent, ensuring that modifications made during the design process, such as synthesis or optimization, have not introduced any unintended errors. This helps to ensure design correctness and reduce the risk of errors in the final product. Conformal prediction is also a branch of machine learning that provides reliable predictions with validity guarantees.

What other technologies are related to Conformal?

Conformal Competitor Technologies

Genus is a synthesis tool, and while it does not directly perform formal verification like Conformal, its output (gate-level netlist) is often the *input* to Conformal, so it can be seen as a precursory tool to Conformal. However, Genus can replace design compiler, which feeds into formal verification, thus it could also be seen as a competitor. Since it can replace design compiler, it would be considered a competitor.
mentioned alongside Conformal in 18% (204) of relevant job posts
Formality is a formal verification tool from Synopsys, directly competing with Conformal.
mentioned alongside Conformal in 18% (132) of relevant job posts
Fusion Compiler is a synthesis and place and route tool, that is related because the outputs are typically used for Conformal, but it is a synthesis tool, so it could replace Design Compiler. Thus, it would be a competitor.
mentioned alongside Conformal in 8% (116) of relevant job posts
Design Compiler is a synthesis tool, and while it does not directly perform formal verification like Conformal, its output (gate-level netlist) is often the *input* to Conformal, so it can be seen as a precursory tool to Conformal. However, Design Compiler can be replaced by Genus. Since it can be replaced, it is a competitor.
mentioned alongside Conformal in 8% (119) of relevant job posts

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