Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!enea!kth!draken!d85-per
From: d85-per@nada.kth.se (Per Hammarlund)
Newsgroups: comp.lsi
Subject: Free silicon design software???
Message-ID: <393@draken.nada.kth.se>
Date: 31 May 88 17:39:06 GMT
Reply-To: d85-per@nada.kth.se (Per Hammarlund)
Organization: The Royal Inst. of Techn., Stockholm
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I have some questions about VLSI design software that I would be
grateful if someone could answer.

I am taking a course in VLSI design, CMOS processes, and was quite put
aback when I found out that the computer to be used for
simulation/design was a VAX 785 running VMS, not a fast combination
when I am used to a Pyramid 9820/OSx 4.0. I have therefore set about
to gather some useful programs to run on either the Pyramid or Sun
3's. As I am taking this course now I do NOT really know what I need,
any guidance and/or advice is appreciated. What I am looking for is
free software to run under BSD 4.3 UNIX, the software will be used for
non-commercial purposes only.

What I think I need is:

	CAD/layout tools running on Sun 3.

	Design/Rule checking programs suitable for CMOS processes.

	Logic Simulation.

	Analog simulation, a program like SPICE (Is SPICE free?)

I can imagine that there are all kinds of wonderful stuff that ties
these different types of software together, as well as programs I have
not heard of, please advice me of their names and uses.

	/Thanks in advance,
	Per Hammarlund, d85-per@nada.kth.se,
	School of Computer Science and Engineering,
	Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.