vpaassen@nvpna1.UUCP (Peter Van Paassen 43691) (10/07/87)
SOFTWARE FOR LOGIC SYNTHESIS!!!!!! Logic Synthesis is a term which is used in many ways. The area I would like to consider ranges from a high level specification (e.g. HDL, finite state machine description) of the control part of an IC to the layout. In this area several steps can be distinguished: a) high level description, b) the description and optimization of logic expressions, c) the description and optimization on gate level, at this stage the layout style is taken into account during the optimization process (e.g. PLA, random logic, gate matrix layout), d) the description and optimization of the electrical network, at this stage the delay, dissipation and technology are taken into account, e) the lay-out. My first interest is what software, handling the whole or part of this area, is commercially available. At the moment I only know of Optimal Solution, Inc. and Trimeter having commercial packages for Logic Synthesis available. Therefore I would like to ask if there is anyone who can tell me if there are more packages available? And if so, are you able to tell me what part of the area mentioned above is covered and on what hardware it is available? Please reply to: UUCP: ...!mcvax!nvpna1!vpaassen or see below. With thanks, Peter van Paassen Philips Nat. Lab. CAD Support Group WAY 3.45 P.O.Box 80.000 5600 JA Eindhoven NETHERLANDS.