bill@sdcsvax.UUCP (Bill Appelbe) (01/29/86)
At UCSD we are in the process of setting up a laboratory for VLSI design for research and instruction, and would like advise/informatation on choices for workstations/software. We are planning on buying several workstations for interac- tive layout of custom VLSI. The choices are o Mentor (Apollo based) o Daisy 'ChipMaster' and possibly Calma. The software package we intend to use is 'ecad', and we intend to hook the workstations into our local ethernet (using TCP/IP), to use a VAX for design verification. We also have SUNs for running public domain VLSI layout software. Any information on performance, ease of use, interfacing, would be appreciated. If there is enough interest I will summarize to the net. Bill Appelbe, EECS Dept, University of California, San Diego ( sdcsvax!bill, or bill@ucsd ) ( 619-455-0935, or -452-3729 )