CADENCE TOOLS (2003-2004)

--- By Jiang Xu (jiangxu@)

 

 

Bundles

Solaris

Linux

IC50

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SPW481

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CADMOS41

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DSMSE53

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ICC110

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LDV41

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NEOCELL31

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PSD150

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SOC23

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SPR50

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VCC22

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Custom Integrated Circuits Bundle

 

Design Entry

Cadence SKILL development environment IC5.0

Virtuoso schematic composer VHDL interface IC5.0

Virtuoso schematic composer Verilog interface IC5.0

Virtuoso schematic composer IC5.0

Cadence analog design environment IC5.0

Cadence analog Oasis run-time option IC5.0

 

Layout

Virtuoso Compactor IC5.0

Virtuoso-XL layout editor1 IC5.0

Virtuoso custom placer ICC11.0

Virtuoso custom router 2 ICC11.0

Cadence chip assembly router2,3 ICC11.0

NeoCell analog physical synthesis4 Neocell3.1

 

Physical Verification

Dracula graphical user interface IC5.0

Cadence RC network reducer option IC5.0

Dracula physical verification and extractor suite IC5.0

Diva physical verification and extractor suite IC5.0

 

1 includes CIF reader/writer and Virtuoso Stream Interface

2 includes GDSII/EDIF and LEF/DEF interfaces

3 Formerly IC Craftsman

4 Not available on Linux


 

Circuit Simulation

Virtuoso schematic composer HSPICE interface1 IC5.0

Cadence electronic design for manufacturability option IC5.0

Cadence SPICE IC5.0

Spectre analog circuit simulator2 IC5.0

Spectre RF simulation option IC5.0

Cadence analog HSPICE interface option1 IC5.0

Cadence AMS designer environment IC5.0

Cadence AMS designer simulator LDV4.1

 

Interfaces

Virtuoso schematic composer to design compiler integration IC5.0

Virtuoso EDIF 200 reader IC5.0

Virtuoso EDIF 300 connectivity reader / writer IC5.0

Virtuoso EDIF 300 schematic reader / writer IC5.0

Cadence design framework integrator’s toolkit IC5.0

 

1 requires additional licenses that must be obtained from MetaSoftware (Synopsys)

2 includes Virtuoso schematic composer Spectre interface

 

 

Digital Integrated Circuits Bundle

 

Place & Route and Timing

Virtuoso-XL layout editor IC5.0

Virtuoso custom placer ICC11.0

Virtuoso custom router ICC11.0

Cadence chip assembly router ICC11.0

Silicon Ensemble PKS optimization*& 1 SOC2.3

Gate Ensemble Ultra place-and-route 2 DSMSE5.3

 

Physical Verification

Dracula physical verification and extractor suite IC5.0

 

Signal Integrity

CeltIC crosstalk analyzer for cell-based designs Cadmos4.1

PacifIC static noise analyzer for custom digital ICs Cadmos4.1

SeismIC substrate noise analyzer for mixed-signal ICs Cadmos4.1

 

Silicon Virtual Prototyping

First Encounter Ultra* SOC2.3

 

*products that are not available on IBM-AIX

1 includes CT-Gen

2 not available on Linux


 

 

Verification Bundle

 

Functional Verification

Cadence NC-Verilog simulator LDV4.1

Cadence NC-VHDL simulator LDV4.1

Cadence NC-Sim mixed language simulator LDV4.1

Cadence simulation analysis environment LDV4.1

Cadence verification cockpit LDV4.1

FormalCheck model checker LDV4.1

 

Synthesis

BuildGates Extreme synthesis1 SPR5.0

 

*products that are available only on Windows NT (can be served from a Unix license server)

1 includes datapath and low power synthesis options


 

 

System Level Design Bundle

 

System Level Design

Cadence hardware design system 2000 SPW4.8.1

Cadence multimedia design kit SPW4.8.1

Cadence signal processing worksystem 2000 SPW4.8.1

 

Wireless System-Level Verification

Cadence GSM verification environment SPW4.8.1

Cadence IS136 verification environment SPW4.8.1

Cadence signal processing worksystem link to NC simulators SPW4.8.1

Cadence PCS CDMA verification environment 1 SPW4.8.1

 

Virtual Component Co-design

Cadence virtual component co-design architect bundle*&2 VCC2.2

 

Libraries

Cadence communications library – floating point SPW4.8.1

Cadence wideband CDMA library SPW4.8.1

Cadence SPW model manager SPW4.8.1

Cadence wireless local area networks library SPW4.8.1

 

*products that are available on Windows 2000

1 based on IS-95 and J-STD-008

2 not available on Linux


 

 

Packaging & Board Bundle

 

PCB Design and Layout

PCB librarian expert* PSD15.0

PCB design expert with Concept HDL* PSD15.0

PCB design expert with OrCAD CaptureCIS* PSD15.0

 

PCB High-Speed Analysis

SPECCTRAQuest SI expert* PSD15.0

 

Analog/Mixed-Signal PCB

PCB mixed-signal expert1 PSD15.0

 

IC Packaging

Advanced Package Engineer Expert* PSD15.0

 

Orcad Family (Does not run on UNIX but can be served from a UNIX license server)

PCB design studio with Concept HDL* PSD15.0

PCB design studio with OrCAD Capture CIS* PSD15.0

PSpice Studio* PSD15.0

OrCAD Layout Studio* PSD15.0

 

*products that are available on Windows

 1 UNIX only, not available on Windows