Title :
VLSI CAD Tool Integration Using the Ulysses Environment
Author :
Bushnell, Michael L. ; Director, S.W.
Author_Institution :
SRC-CMU Research Center for Computer-Aided Design, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Abstract :
Ulysses is a VLSI CAD environment which effectively addresses the problems associated with CAD tool integration. Specifically, Ulysses allows the integration of CAD tools into a design automation system, the codification of a design methodology, and the representation of a design space. Ulysses keeps track of the progress of a design and allows exploration of the design space. The environment employs artificial intelligence techniques, functions as an interactive expert system, and interprets descriptions of design tasks encoded in the scripts language. An example of an integrated circuit layout design task is provided. The use of Ulysses in performing this task is discussed in detail.
Keywords :
Circuit simulation; Control system synthesis; Costs; Design automation; Equations; Integrated circuit layout; Integrated circuit synthesis; Logic design; Process design; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
Design Automation, 1986. 23rd Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0702-5
DOI :
10.1109/DAC.1986.1586068
