"cheap" place and route software?

[Mike_D]

We might be doing a 180 nm start here, currently we've only done FPGA work. I think we're looking at somewhere between 500K and 1M gates for the design, digital only.

Any suggestions on a reasonably priced place and route tool? So far Magma's cost a lot, and the Synopsys sales droid gave a figure of "in the upper 6 digits and up" for the cost.

Thanks,
Mike

 

[mujju433]

Go for PSPICE full version
ok that will be better
bye take care

 

[vlsi_whiz]

You can try the Tanner Tools.. Though they are analog tools..there's a SPR module that does digital place and route! I heard tanner isn't that expensive too..

 

[denmos]

How much do you have? Why don't you deal with the design service to tap-out that chip for you.
I think that is cheap for temporate license (Magma or Synopsys). So if you want to buy the license, I suggess the Magma-da. They have also Magma-EA engineers to help you run the tool quickly.

Thanks

 

[sekapr]

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