DRC fix capability

[llc]

Hi,

Does Cadence tool have DRC fixing capability?

Can anyone comment on that capability in Laker? Is it useful? Is it
hierarchical?

Thanks

 

[Andrew Beckett]

On 3 Mar 2006 12:57:32 -0800, "llc" <lchian@yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi,

Does Cadence tool have DRC fixing capability?

Can anyone comment on that capability in Laker? Is it useful? Is it
hierarchical?

Thanks

Not sure what the DRC fixing capability is - but we do have a layout
optimisation capability (in VirtuosoXL) which can compact layouts as well as
solving many DRC errors - it can also de-compact to fix DRC errors.

Regards,

Andrew.

 

[John Gianni]

Andrew Beckett wrote:

Not sure what the DRC fixing capability is - but we do have a layout
optimisation capability (in VirtuosoXL) which can compact layouts as well as
solving many DRC errors - it can also de-compact to fix DRC errors.

In addition to being part of product #3000 VirtuosoXL as Andrew stated,
the stated Virtuoso Layout Optimizer capability (which had its genesis
in the Cadence purchase of Q-Design Automation a few years ago, is also
now part of product #311 Virtuoso Layout Editor Turbo, at least in the
IC5141 time frame, if I remember correctly.

In addition, the NeoCell product line (which had its genesis in the
Cadence purchase of NeoLinear), can iteratively create layouts based on
schematic & constraint input, which, approaches the DRC problem in a
different manner.

Likewise, IC5141 Design Rule Driven Editing (DRD) approaches the DRC
challenge from yet another angle.

Hope this helps provide possibilities,

John Gianni
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