A comparison of public-domain VLSIC-chips design-tool suites

Author

Abdel-Aty-Zohdy, Hoda S. ; El-Licy, Fatma A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Syst. Eng., Oakland Univ., Rochester, MI, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

18-21 Aug 1996

Firstpage

406

Abstract

Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools play an essential role in modern microelectronics system design. Such a role becomes even more important as design complexity increases. A comparison between two of the available CAD tool suites is presented along with a detailed description of their features and advantages. OCTTOOLS, and OASIS have been selected as representative public domain tool suites. These suites utilize full-custom and/or the standard-cells semi-custom approaches. The objective of the comparison is to facilitate for proper choice within the tools for the best VLSIC design accomplishments

Keywords

VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; circuit layout CAD; integrated circuit design; network routing; CAD tools; OASIS; OCTTOOLS; VLSI chip design; computer-aided design tools; full-custom approach; public-domain design tool suites; standard-cell semicustom approach; Compaction; Computational modeling; Design automation; Fabrication; Logic testing; Microelectronics; Neural networks; Specification languages; Switches; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1996., IEEE 39th Midwest symposium on

Conference_Location

Ames, IA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3636-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSCAS.1996.594185

Filename

594185