kedem@kedem.cs.duke.edu (Gershon Kedem) (09/02/88)
VPNR (Vanilla Place aNd Route) is a computer-aided engineering
tool developed jointly by Duke University and The Microelectronics
Center of North Carolina. VPNR is useful for automatically placing
and routing standard cell circuits.
The package includes quadrisection based placement, a heuristic global
router, a greedy channel router, and a dog-leg router with channel
compaction. VPNR supports either HILO or RNL-NETLIST input.
The output of VPNR is a MAGIC file. In addition to the placement and
routing software, a VPNR distribution includes a set of standard cells
designed with revision 6 of MOSIS scalable design rules.
A unique feature of the VPNR system is its modularity. Through use of
a unifying language to describe placement and routing of standard cells
(the VPNR language), users can literally mix and match various placement
and routing approaches to meet their specific needs. Other unique
features of the system are automatic auditors of the place and route
procedures, and the automatic wiring of scan based testability cells.
VPNR runs a variety of UNIX platforms including microVAX, VAX, and
Sun's (2, 3, and 4). The VPNR tools have been used for the layout of
a number of chips at the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina
and its Participating Institutions.
VPNR is available on an "as is" basis, under a site wide license
agreement from MCNC.
The cost is:
175.00 Universities & Non-profit organizations
275.00 Foreign " " " "
800.00 Commercial
900.00 Foreign Commercial
Licensing information could be obtained from:
Jeri Williams
Software Distribution Coordinator
MCNC
Post Office Box 12889
RTP, NC 27709
(919) 248-1938
arpa: jeri@mcnc.org
uucp: decvax!mcnc!jeri
Technical inquiries should be addressed to:
Dr. Gershon Kedem
Computer Science Department,
Duke University,
Durham, NC, 27706.
Phone: (919) 684-3048
Net: kedem@cs.duke.edu