SpringSoft on OpenAccess
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How soon, if ever, do you plan to move to Open Access? Already moved to OA Before end of year Next fiscal year Next five years No plans Don't know

According to our 2010 Customer Survey: 25% of you have already moved to OA 8% Plan to move before the end of 2011 12% Plan to move to OA in the next 5 years

SpringSoft provides a native implementation version of the Laker™ Custom Layout Automation System on OpenAccess (OA). Benefits of the Laker layout system on the OA interoperability standard include:

• Support for all the necessary formats, libraries and design kits
• Support for all interoperable process design kits (iPDKs) from TSMC
• Interoperability with other EDA tools that support the OA standard

The Laker layout system provides the most comprehensive support on OA

The Laker layout solutions are the only solutions to support all three interfaces with 3^rd parties

 

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Products on OA

• Laker Custom Layout Automation System
• Laker Advanced Design Platform
• Laker Custom Row Placer
• Laker Custom Digital Router

 

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Whitepapers

• Laker Custom Layout: MCell,UDD & PCells
• PCell Caching in OpenAccess
• When People Work Together, IC Design Tools Work Together
• Controllable Automation and Interoperability Standards
• Digital Place and Route in a Custom Design Environment

 

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Technical Articles

April 2011
Sign-off Driven Layout in Laker Custom Layout
SpringSoft Newsletter

 

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October 12, 2010
The case of the disappearing PCell
EETimes

 

June 21, 2010
PRODUCT HOW-TO: Using standards-based tools to scale chip designs to next-gen geometries
Embedded.com

March 5, 2010
A silicon-proven interoperable PDK
EDADesignline.com

January 7, 2010
SpringSoft and Magma complete cross-tool validation
CiE - Components in Electronics

December 9, 2010
Chip Layout, Implementation Add Significant Muscle - Electronic Design

 

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OpenAccess News

March 14, 2011
SpringSoft Completes OpenAccess-compatible IC Layout Flow with Enhancements to Laker ADP Design Entry System

 

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June 14, 2010
SPRINGSOFT'S LAKER CUSTOM LAYOUT AUTOMATION SYSTEM VALIDATED FOR TSMC 28-NM ANALOG AND MIXED-SIGNAL REFERENCE FLOW

 

June 1, 2010
TSMC ADOPTS SPRINGSOFT LAKER SYSTEM FOR LAYOUT OF CUSTOM IC DESIGNS

May 25, 2010
SPRINGSOFT’S LAKER LAYOUT SUPPORTS TSMC 40-NM TECHNOLOGY WITH INTEROPERABLE PROCESS DESIGN KIT

May 12, 2010
Place-And-Route System Adds OpenAccess Support - Electronic Design

February 22, 2010
SpringSoft Releases Industry's Most Robust OA-Compliant Custom IC Solution

February 24, 2010
IPL Alliance Announces First Open Standard for Interoperable Process Design Kits

July 28, 2009
Laker, OA, Pyxis - A happy and expanding IC family

 

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