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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