IC的设计可以分为两个部分，分别为：前端设计（也称逻辑设计）和后端设计（也称物理设计），这两个部分并没有统一严格的界限，凡涉及到与工艺有关的设计可称为后端设计。(The design of IC can be divided into two parts: front-end design (also called logic design) and back-end design (also known as physical design). These two parts do not have a uniform and strict boundary, and the design related to process can be called back-end design.)