Tool management in an electronic CAD framework

Author

Câmara, João ; Sarmento, Helena

Author_Institution

INESC, Lisbon, Portugal

Volume

2

fYear

1995

fDate

30 Apr-3 May 1995

Firstpage

928

Abstract

To set designers free from needing to become expert users of a baffling array of complex CAD fools, design environments, including simplified mechanisms to view and control CAD fools, emerged. Designers only need to be concerned with higher-level design tasks. In this paper we address CAD framework services, with special emphasis on tool management. We present three new tools: AUTOCAP, which deals with tool characterisation, invocation and encapsulation; STAR, which makes the task of controlling tool status trivial; and BALANCE, which offers automatic dynamic load balancing

Keywords

circuit CAD; software tools; AUTOCAP; BALANCE; CAD framework services; STAR; automatic dynamic load balancing; design environments; electronic CAD framework; tool characterisation; tool encapsulation; tool invocation; tool management; tool status control; Automatic control; Computer aided software engineering; Consumer electronics; Data handling; Design automation; Electronic design automation and methodology; Encapsulation; Load management; Operating systems; Time to market;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 1995. ISCAS '95., 1995 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2570-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.1995.519917

Filename

519917