Implementation
Timing
The analysis and verification that signals arrive at destinations within required time windows.
Detailed Explanation
Timing analysis ensures data signals are stable during setup windows (before clock edge) and hold windows (after clock edge). Static Timing Analysis (STA) exhaustively checks all paths without simulation. Timing closure is achieving all timing constraints.
Timing depends on logic delays, wire delays, clock skew, and operating conditions (PVT corners). Timing violations require design changes—restructuring logic, inserting buffers, or pipeline registers.