DocumentCode
3140924
Title
The Cell Design System
Author
Franco, D. ; Reed, L.
Author_Institution
Xerox Electronics Division, El Segundo, CA
fYear
1981
fDate
29-1 June 1981
Firstpage
240
Lastpage
247
Abstract
The Cell Design System (CDS) is part of a set of tools developed in the 1970s by the Electronics Division of Xerox to support CAD design. This paper describes the CDS, which is a highly interactive graphics system used for layout of custom chips. Described are the hardware environment and language, the kinds of manipulation allowed, types of objects, and viewing options. The CDS benefitted from experience with Icarus [1] which is an early research effort for cell design layout. As with Icarus, a strong benefit of the CDS is its availability on a personal computer, thus providing a layout capability within the office confines of the designer. Also, we feel that the CDS has provided a unique and powerful method of viewing cells and has a highly effective human interface.
Keywords
Consumer electronics; Design automation; Displays; Error correction; Graphics; Hardware; Layout; Mice; Microcomputers; Shape control;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Design Automation, 1981. 18th Conference on
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/DAC.1981.1585358
Filename
1585358
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