VLSI CAD TOOLS

Tool Name	Filetypes	Description	Cached files	Links
VHDL	.vhd .vhdl	VHDL VHSIC (Very High Speed Integrated Circuits) Hardware Description Language VHDL was initially developed as a simulator and now, ultimately to make hardware designs as portable as possible (i.e. ASIC, FPGA, different micron process technologies).	Hamburg VHDL archive The VHDL resource page GPL'd suite of EDA tools C/Unix packages for VHDL
Espresso	.pla	Boolean logic minimization for two-level combinational circuits (.pla). Often mispelled as Expresso.	espresso man page README 1994 Documentation Manual Signature File Source	Berkeley CAD Group
SIS	.blif .eqn .pla	Sequential Interactive System (SIS) Optimization and implementation of both 2-level (.pla, espresso) and multi-level (misII) Combinational Circuits (.eqn, Boolean Functions) and Sequential Circuits (.blif, kiss, Finite State Machines). It also includes atpg test vector generation.	sis man page blif format original 1992 paper tutorial #1 logic synthesis tutorial #2 fpga full adder example Rutenbar's Lecture Quick install steps	Berkeley SIS ftp site SIS version 1.2 for PC's (DOS) logic synthesis labs Advanced Logic Design
Magic	.mag .cif .gds .tech27	Interactive editor for VLSI layouts	magic manual Sources magic-6.5.2.tar.Z	6.5.2 Sources 7.X Sources
Process Technology files	.mag .cif .gds .tech27 .prm	ASIC Cell libraries (.mag .cif) Design Rule Technology files (.tech27)	Mosis .tech27, .mag, .cif files Mosis irsim.prm files	Magic Tech files
IRSIM	.sim .prm	Event-driven logic-level simulator for MOS (both N and P) transistor circuits.	irsim manual irsim.pdf manual irsim tutorial Sources irsim-9.5.tar.Z	9.5 Sources
SPICE 3 Spice3 Support	.cir	Simulation Program Integrated Circuits: General-purpose electrical and semiconductor circuit simulation program	spice3.html manual spice3.pdf manual spice3 amplifier tutorial spice3 invertor tutorial spice3f5_src.tar.gz Solaris install fixes	3f5 Sources & Linux Spice for PC's (DOS)
SPICE 2	.cir	General-purpose circuit simulation program	spice2g.html manual spice2g6_src.tar.gz	spice2G user's manual
BSIM3 and BSIM4	SPICE .model	Bipolar simulation models for nmos and pmos level=9 and level=14 for spice3f5 and spice3e2	BSIM3 spice3f5 sources BSIM3 manual BSIM3 spice test files BSIM4 sources BSIM4 manual BSIM4 spice test files BSIM3 and BSIM4 spice3f5 fixes	BSIM Homepage
UNIX		Unix cookbook	Unix cookbook	Unix Resources

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