Logic and Physical Levels - Unix - Mentor Graphics

URL: http://www.mentor.com
US University Program: http://www.mentor.com/partners/hep/university_info_us.htmlBasic tool flow:

Tool Definitions:

Mentor Graphics provides Universities with an ASIC Design Kit that includes many tools including the ones illustrated above:

• Design Architect IC: Schematic capture, simulation setup and analysis 
• Advance MS/Quicksim II: logic simulator
• IC Station: layout editor with schematic-driven layout, design rule checking, circuit extraction
• Mach TA/Accusim II: fast analog simulator
• Mach TA: analog circuit simulator

2003 Software Selection Form(pdf)

A Custom IC Design Kit is also available: http://www.mentor.com/cicd/designkits.html

System Requirements: Software is compatible with SUN (Solaris), HP (HP-UX), or LINUX.
Details: http://www.mentor.com/supportnet/spt_configs/index.html

Libraries:
The ADK kit contains AMI 0.5m, AMI 1.2m and TSMC 0.35m libraries.

Licensing:
Floating licenses with license server.

Educational Program Contact for quote:
Shanthi Pattison
Shanthi_Pattison@mentor.com

Universities using Mentor Graphics tools can be found here: 
http://www.mentor.com/partners/hep/university_info_us.html

Mentor Graphics Higher Education Program

• Home page: http://www.mentor.com/partners/hep/index.html
• Technical support page with several tutorials: http://germanium.ee.wustl.edu/HEP/