( DAC 99 Item 9 ) ----------------------------------------------- [6/25/99]
"We have already leased several back-end tools, but we do not have a
delay calculator or power analyzer. Dave and I attended several
demonstrations of physical design tools. Later, I looked at Ultima's
tools. The delay calculator I saw from Ultima seems to be a good one.
Simplex's power simulator seemed O.K. One issue is most back-end
tools will work with NCL, including delay calculators. A hot issue is
incorporating static timing analysis into the physical design to
improve performance. Concerning Simplex's Power Grid Simulation: if
we want to emphasize low-power circuits, we will want a power analysis
tool. This tool seemed easy to use, although it wasn't clear how
accurate it was." ( http://www.ultimatech.com )
- an anon engineer
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