Title :
CAD tool integration for ASIC design: an end-users perspective
Author :
Kukkal, Pankaj ; Imaizumi, Masato ; Kobayashi, Hideaki
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., South Carolina Univ., Columbia, SC, USA
Abstract :
The increasing complexity of VLSI design and the demand for quick-turnaround ASICs has forced the designer to choose the best CAD tools available from different vendors and integrate them into a customized and comprehensive CAD system. Vendors have developed comprehensive but open systems, called CAD frameworks, to ease the process of CAD tool integration. This paper describes the ASIC development process and issues relating to CAD tool integration. In addition, state-of-the-art CAD frameworks and their impact on ASIC designers are described
Keywords :
VLSI; application specific integrated circuits; circuit CAD; ASIC; CAD tool integration; IC technology; VLSI; circuit CAD; open systems; Application software; Application specific integrated circuits; Arithmetic; Circuit testing; Costs; Design automation; Integrated circuit technology; Open systems; Production; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
System Theory, 1991. Proceedings., Twenty-Third Southeastern Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Columbia, SC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2190-7
DOI :
10.1109/SSST.1991.138581
