[comp.lsi] Free CAD Utility Tools

sim@mcnc.org (Simulation Tool Librarian) (05/07/91)

The following CAD tools from MCNC are being placed in the public domain.

Due to major cuts in state funding, the Microelectronics Center of North 
Carolina will no longer be supporting any of these tools. The source and 
man pages are available via anonymous ftp from:
    machine: mcnc.mcnc.org
    network address: 128.109.130.3
    login: anonymous
    passwd: guest
    directory: pub/utilities1.1

conch - a connectivity checker
	
expandmag - outputs all MAGIC sub-cell types used in a given
    hierarchical cell
	
ext2cazm - shell script for converting MAGIC .ext files into
    a cazm/spice file
	
genwave - CAzM Waveform Generator
	
lab2select - filter program used as part of the
    substrate/well contact checker powernet(1)
	
mage - A diffusion labeling filter program for use by the
    power bus and substrate/well contact checker powernet(1) and sop(1).

peep - is an interactive program that allows the user to view the 
	interconnection of transistors in a SIM file and easily trace forwards 
	and backwards through the logic. It can also be used to report 
	capacitance information and identify potential dynamic latch problems.
	
powernet - a tool to look for high resistance distribution of power and 
	correct connection of substrate/well contacts 
	
secs - reads a SIM file and performs a number of static electrical checks 
	in an attempt to locate opens and shorts in a circuit.
	
sim2cazm - converts SIM format files to cazm/spice format. 
	
squash - merges parallel and series device structures in SIM
    format files

wellc - examines CIF cells to see that diffusion is within a certain 
	distance from substrate or well contacts.