CAD Tools Evolution

Author

Vanzi, M.

Author_Institution

SGS-Thomson Microelectron., Agrate, Italy

Volume

2

fYear

1990

fDate

19-21 Sept. 1990

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The role of CAD Tools and Systems for the design of integrated circuits is nowadays critical for the success of the design activity. IC manufacturers consider today CAD technology as important as process technology due to the impact of CAD and design automation on the productivity of the designer community and on the capability of exploitation of what silicon technology can offer. The tighter and tighter link between IC and system design has given a new dimension to the problem of electronic design automation. The hardware revolution of the Unix platforms is giving a big computing power at low cost allowing the utilization of complex human interface paradigms and of more and more accurate algorithms. The role of Europe in the overall world-wide CAD business is very limited today. In the next years either Europe will offer its key contribution or will fully depend on the US in the EGAD area. It´s up to us.

Keywords

circuit CAD; electronic engineering computing; CAD technology; CAD tools evolution; Unix platforms; complex human interface paradigm; designer community; electronic design automation; hardware revolution; integrated circuit; productivity; silicon technology; world-wide CAD business; Computer aided manufacturing; Design automation; Electronic design automation and methodology; Europe; Hardware; Integrated circuit technology; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing processes; Productivity; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1990. ESSCIRC '90. Sixteenth European

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Print_ISBN

2-86332-087-4

Type

conf

Filename

5467818