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 Lines: 33 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.