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Bump Map & Escape Planning: Debug Playbook
Debug Playbook for Bump Map & Escape Planning.
Debug playbook
Debug Playbook for Bump Map & Escape Planning focuses on bump congestion, reroute churn, escape DRC violations. The goal is to map symptoms to boundary contracts, owner actions, and regression-proof closure.
Integration debug is a search for the first contract break, not the loudest downstream failure signature.
Root-cause tree
ROOT-CAUSE TREE — Bump Map & Escape Planning
bump congestion, reroute churn, escape DRC violations regressed
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same baseline manifest?
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no yes
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version/collateral real integration
mismatch contract break
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inputs env isolate domain
drift drift and first failureFreeze baseline manifest and owner matrix.
Find first failing boundary and earliest reproducible symptom.
Classify failure type: contract, collateral, implementation, or governance.
Prove with one reduced experiment.
Apply smallest owner-controlled fix.
Run focused verification and full cross-domain regression.
Review memo template
STAFF SOC REVIEW MEMO — Package & Interface / Bump Map & Escape Planning
1. Symptom
- Watched metric: bump congestion, reroute churn, escape DRC violations
- Failing integration boundary: <domain/interface>
- Baseline manifest: <hash/tag>
- Repro setup: <sim/emulation/fpga/silicon + fw tag>
2. Mechanism hypothesis
- Primary mechanism: Bump maps and escape strategy determine routability, IR quality, and package feasibility before final pad-ring freeze.
- Competing hypothesis: <contract drift, collateral mismatch, implementation bug, governance gap>
- Missing evidence: <trace, report, checklist, signoff artifact>
3. Proposed action
- Minimal reversible fix: <contract update, config patch, RTL fix, process guardrail>
- Expected metric movement: <delta and scope>
- Regression risk: timing, power, functionality, schedule
4. Signoff
- Re-run artifact: bump map revision, escape routing plan, package feasibility report
- Required owners: package owner, top-level PD owner, power integrity owner
- Final decision: close, waive (bounded), or escalateSoC deep dive
Package assumptions must be treated as first-class chip constraints.
Concept diagram
PACKAGE CO-DESIGN
die io <-> package routing <-> board constraintsMetric graph
PACKAGE RISK MIX
SI margin █████
power integrity ████
lane mapping ███Reports and artifacts
bump map revision log
SI/PI margin report
IO co-design checklist
package bring-up failures
Mini case study
Link degradation on product board came from package routing assumptions not reflected in pre-silicon model.
Debug branches
Compare package model versions
Audit lane mapping
Correlate SI/PI margins to failures
Senior review question
Ask: what baseline, owner, and artifact prove this topic is truly closed?
Key takeaways
State baseline manifest and owner with every closure metric.
Run cross-domain regression after every top-level fix.
Common pitfalls
Comparing results across different manifests.
Unowned issues slipping through review cycles.
Waiving risks without expiry and validation plan.
Principal SoC review addendum
Bump maps and escape strategy determine routability, IR quality, and package feasibility before final pad-ring freeze.
Metric: bump congestion, reroute churn, escape DRC violations