VLSI Software Tools
We work on a whole gamut of VLSI tools from opensource to commercial. We provide our clients with a bunch of services, ranging from custom scripting and tools to design, simulation, verification, and power analysis, to help them with their VLSI design projects. These tools reduce design time, and ensure accuracy, performance, and reliability of the final IC.
Our teams are well-trained, and can work on any set of EDA tools and flows to make your IC design journey from idea to chip design feasible.
We work on tools like NGSPICE, LTspice, eSim, OpenTimer, and Magic VLSI Layout tool for analog IC design flows, and this is used mainly for academics and small projects. We also work on Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor Graphics, and Xilinx tools. Synopsys IC Design Compiler, VCS, Formality, etc. Mentor Calibre. Modelling is used for advanced digital and analog IC design. Siemens provides Tessent for DFT, and Xilinx Vivado for FPGA design, training, synthesis, and analysis.
VLSI Design Flow
Comprehensive EDA tools ecosystem for chip design
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Application & Tools
Comprehensive comparison of EDA tools from major vendors
Digital IC Design
Logic Simulators
RTL Synthesis
Formal Verification
Physical Synthesis
Timing Analysis
Place & Route
Power Analysis
Layout vs Schematic
Analog IC Design
Schematic Capture
Circuit Simulator
Layout Editor
Parasitic Extraction
DRC/LVS
Technology Support
Industry Support
| Stage | Cadence | Synopsys | Open-Source EDA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital IC Design | Logic Simulators | Xcelium | VCS | Icarus Verilog, Verilator |
| RTL Synthesis | Genus | Design Compiler | Yosys | |
| Formal Verification | JasperGold | Formality | Yosys/eqy, sby | |
| Physical Synthesis | Innovus | IC Compiler II | OpenROAD | |
| Timing Analysis | Tempus | OpenSTA | OpenSTA | |
| Place & Route | Innovus | IC Validator | OpenROAD, graywolf | |
| Power Analysis | Voltus | IC Validator | Magic, Netgen | |
| Layout vs Schematic | Pegasus | IC Validator | Magic, Netgen | |
| Analog IC Design | Schematic Capture | Virtuoso | Custom Compiler | Xschem, Kicad |
| Circuit Simulator | Spectre, APS | HSPICE, CustomSim | Ngspice, Xyce | |
| Layout Editor | Virtuoso Layout Suite | Custom Compiler Layout | Magic, KLayout | |
| Parasitic Extraction | Assura | Synopsys StarRC | Magic, Netgen | |
| DRC/LVS | Assura | IC Validator | Magic (limited), OpenRCX | |
| Technology Support | All leading nodes | All leading nodes | Free and Open Source | |
| Industry Support | Paid (Expensive) | Paid (Expensive) | Free (Academics, Research, Startups) | |