may@cs.mcgill.ca (Jing WU) (03/21/91)
DEAR Netter: I am a fan of VLSI design, but I know very little, I took a course, but nothing was told about how to manufacture those chips. I desperately need information about: 1) Is there a CAD simulation software on IBM PC 386 like Cadence? by which I could design some chips at home.???? How much does it cost ? 2) After design, Is there any place that I could manufacture them easily, What equipment I needs to manufacture, 10um -0.5 um, what is the difference of these equipment. I need address and name of equipment, if there are some explanation and estimated cost, I would appreciate. Thanks in advance for you to let me know something.
sondeen@isi.edu (Jeff Sondeen) (03/22/91)
In article <1991Mar21.034426.865@cs.mcgill.ca> may@cs.mcgill.ca (Jing WU) writes: > 1) Is there a CAD simulation software on IBM PC 386 like Cadence? >by which I >could design some chips at home.???? How much does it cost ? > IBM-PC Tools for layout editing (and even place and route of standard cells): L-edit Tanner Research 818-795-1696 444 N. Altadena Dr. Pasadena, Ca 91107 IC-editors Donald Brandshaft 408-971-2422 POBox 5938 San Jose, Ca. 95150 Prices are in the $1000 - $2000 range for full configurations, but there are university discounts. People here at MOSIS use both these tools; there are lots of others, too! > 2) After design, Is there any place that I could manufacture them >easily, What equipment I needs to manufacture, 10um -0.5 um, what is the >difference of these equipment. I need address and name of equipment, if >there are some explanation and estimated cost, I would appreciate. MOSIS accepts designs from users in Canada as well as the US, for prototyping IC's. Prices are around $500 for 4 (untested) packaged parts in 2-micron CMOS (which means the transistor gates have a minimum length of 2 microns), of so-called "tiny-chip" size (2220 microns by 2220 microns). To obtain further info, send the following text in the body of an e-mail message to mosis@mosis.edu: request: information request: end You'll get a list of topics for which you can request further info. -- /jeff sondeen@isi.edu "engineers were discouraged from bringing problems to the attention of their supervisors" -- John Magnus, final report, Hubble Space Telescope investigation