CAD Tools
Commercial CAD Tools at UTD
Design and Layout Tools
Cadence
Cadence Design Systems Synopsys Synopsys Home Page Synplicity Synplicity Xilinx Xilinx Xilinx Software Manuals
Synopsys
Synplicity
Xilinx
Simulation Tools
HSPICE Star HSPICE User Guide STAR HSPICE Quick Reference Guide Avan Waves : A Waveform Viewing Tool User's Guide University of Wisconsin HSPICE Tutorials University of Wisconsin Tutorial on Digital Design using HSPICE Tips on HSPICE from UC Berkeley SPICE3 Circuit Simulation using SPICE3 at UTD SPICE3 Users Guide SIMGRAPH Users Guide CODAC Users Guide WinSpice: MS Windows version of SPICE
HSPICE
SPICE3
WinSpice: MS Windows version of SPICE
Academic CAD Tools
Magic and PLA Tools. MAGIC 7.*Homepage MAGIC 7.*for Windows MAGIC Technology files for CMOS process Magic Introduction (all files related to Magic tutorials are available in /home/cad/vlsi/tutorials/magic) IC Layout using Magic Magic Tutorial #1: Getting Started Magic Tutorial #2: Basic Painting and Selection Magic Tutorial #3: Advanced Painting Magic Tutorial #4: Cell Hierarchies Magic Tutorial #5: Multiple Windows Magic Tutorial #6: Design-Rule Checking Magic Tutorial #7: Netlists and Routing Magic Tutorial #8: Circuit Extraction Magic Tutorial #9: CIF and Calma Format Conversion Magic Tutorial #10: The Interactive Router Magic Tutorial #11: Using IRSIM with Magic Helpful layout tips and suggestions from UC Berkeleyl PLA Design using MPLA Designing Mealy State Machines with MEG Designing Moore State Machines with PEG
Magic and PLA Tools.
Cadence Tools for Digital VLSI Design. Cadence at UTD Cadence Tutorial from Virginia Tech
Cadence Tools for Digital VLSI Design.
Simulation Tools: IRSIM, CaZM, SPICE.
Switch level simulation using IRSIM Circuit Simulation using CAzM Overview of Circuit Simulator SPICE SPICE Homepage Circuit Simulation using SPICE3 at UTD SPICE3 Users Guide SIMGRAPH Users Guide CODAC Users Guide WinSpice: MS Windows version of SPICE