Meaning of these terms in semiconductor field

[vikram789]

Meaning of these terms

hi can anyone explain me what these tools are used for , i work in semiconductor company where i use them often for QA but dont know what these do..

espcv
Ccsn
Ccst
Ecsm
Vxl
Atpg ....have some idea
Timever
Funcver
Primetime
Celtic

 

[jagan.tr]

primetime is the tool used for timing analysis in a database
celtic is used for noise (cross talk) analysis)

I dont know abt others

 

[koggestone]

Here is some info on CAD Tools that are used in IC design.

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Verilog Simulators
- VCS (Synopsys)
- NCVerilog (Cadence)

Synthesis
- DC - Design Compiler (Synopsys)
- RC - RTL compiler (Cadence)

gate level STA
- Primetime (Synopsys)

Transistor Level STA
- Nanotime (Synopsys)

Equivalency Checking
- Conformal LEC (Cadence) (thru Verplex Aquisition)
- Formality (Synopsys)

Equivalency Checking for SRAMs/Register Files (Memories)
- ESP-CV (Synopsys) (thru Innologic Aquisition)

ATPG (Automatic Test Pattern Generator)
- Fastscan (Mentor)
- Tetramax (Synopsys)
- Encounter Test (Cadence)


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some more CAD Tools ....

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Placement (P in P&R)
- IC compiler (Synopsys)

Routing (R in P&R)
- Astro , Zroute (Synopsys)
- Nanoroute (Cadence)

Physical Design Verification (PDV) ( LVS , DRC , ...)
- Calibre (Mentor)
- Assura (Cadence)

RC Extraction
- Star RC (Synopsys)
- Assura (Cadence)

Schematic Entry/Layout Design (Custom Tools)
- Virtuoso Schematic entry , Layout XL/VXL (Cadence)

Spice
- Hspice (Synopsys)
- Spectre (Cadence)
- Smartspice (Silvaco/Simucad)

Fast Spice
- Nanosim (Synopsys)
- Ultrasim (Cadence)

Power Estimation
- PrimePower (Synopsys)
- Powermeter (Cadence)

Library Characterization
- Signal Storm (Cadence)
- Liberty NCX (Synopsys)

EM/IR
- Voltagestorm (IR) , Electronstorm(EM) (Cadence)
- PrimeRail (Synopsys)
- Redhawk (Apache)

Property checking FV tools
- Magellan (Synopsys)
- Oin (Mentor)
- JasperGold (Jasper)

Test Compression
- TestKompress (Mentor)
- DFTMax compression (Synopsys)
- Encounter Testcompression (Cadence)

FPGA tools
- synplicity Tools (aquired by Synopsys)

PCB tools
- Allegro (Cadence)

IP portfolio
- Designware (Synopsys)
- Openchoice (Cadence)


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