[comp.lsi.cad] Available Design Tools

positron@cosmic.berkeley.edu (Shigeki Misawa) (11/22/90)

	Hi. I am interested in finding out what design tools are
available for designing integrated circuits (analog and digital).
This includes circuit analysis stuff like SPICE2G6, SPICE3C1, PSPICE,
to IC layout programs, circuit board routers, schematic capture
tools, to things like PAL compilers. If you know of any or use any
I would be interested in hearing about them. If they are PD, I would
be interested in finding out where they can be obtained. If they are
commercial products, I would like to know the company that sells/supports
them. Thanks in advance.

Shigeki Misawa - UCB Physics Department

astevens@acorn.co.uk (Ashley Stevens) (12/03/90)

In article <1990Nov22.003658.24632@agate.berkeley.edu- positron@cosmic.berkeley.edu (Shigeki Misawa) writes:

-
-       Hi. I am interested in finding out what design tools are
-available for designing integrated circuits (analog and digital).
-This includes circuit analysis stuff like SPICE2G6, SPICE3C1, PSPICE,
-to IC layout programs, circuit board routers, schematic capture
-tools, to things like PAL compilers. If you know of any or use any
-I would be interested in hearing about them. If they are PD, I would
-be interested in finding out where they can be obtained. If they are
-commercial products, I would like to know the company that sells/supports
-them. Thanks in advance.

Yes me too. I'm especially interested in PLA compilers, but also in other
tools too. So please post replies to the net, not EMail, as I guess there
are quite a few people around who would be interested in the answers.

We have an old out-of-date copy of the OCT tools from Berkeley. Does anybody
know where I can get the latest version.

Thanks in advance.

--Ashley.

kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rich Kaul) (12/05/90)

In article <4273@acorn.co.uk> astevens@acorn.co.uk (Ashley Stevens) writes:
   Yes me too. I'm especially interested in PLA compilers, but also in other
   tools too. So please post replies to the net, not EMail, as I guess there
   are quite a few people around who would be interested in the answers.

   We have an old out-of-date copy of the OCT tools from Berkeley. Does anybody
   know where I can get the latest version.

The new version is much better than the old.  Here's the ANNOUNCE file
from the distribution:


					     Berkeley, California   8/31/90

   This is the official announcement of the release of Oct Tools 4.0.
   This version has a number of bug fixes, new documents, new tools,
   and new packages.

   A list of changes from previous versions of Oct Tools can be found
   in ~ftp/pub/octtools-doc/CHANGES on shambhala.berkeley.edu (128.32.132.54).

   The primary way of ordering the distribution is via the EECS Industrial
   Liaison Program Software Office.  Contact Cindy Manly-Fields
   (cindy@janus.berkeley.edu) to obtain ordering information.  Those with
   ftp accounts on shambhala.berkeley.edu can retrieve the distribution
   via ftp.  The file 4.0/README-4.0 describes how to retrieve and build
   the distribution.  Unfortunately, due to limited time and resources,
   we can no longer take requests for new ftp accounts.

   As always, please send all bugs/comments to 'octtools@eros.berkeley.edu'.

			   Rick Spickelmier
			   UC Berkeley


-- 
Rich Kaul                         | It wouldn't be research if we
kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu    | knew what we were doing.