Which simulation tools for post layout (Full chip)?

[golfy]

machta vs adit

Pls. tell me which simulation tools use for full chip post layout (accuracy & speed)?
thanks

 

[h.martin]

i think this tools is useful,including hsim and nanosim for post layout,if the ckts is not large,you maybe also use the hspice.

 

[DZC]

In our group, Calibre does..

 

[biplob]

dear friend,

i m too working on layout (full chip) ..i am using mentor tools for my designs. the simulator is Calibre.

i am facing some problem while putting the pads to my design...do you have any idea how to put the pads in the layout??
please mail me at : mondal_biplob123@yahoo.co.in or at bipz@rediffmail.com

 

[Fom]

I first time hear about Calibre simulator. I thought it is verification tool.

 

[lwjbh]

we use HSIM

 

[kola]

Pls. tell me which simulation tools use for full chip post layout (accuracy & speed)?
thanks

I use MG soft:
- MachTA is very useful tools for post layout simulation - I recommend highly this!
- ADiT is successor to MachTA
In Synopsys is
- Nanosym
In Cadence is something too...

 

[sridhar540]

ASSURA IS BEST FOR EXTRACTION . AND WE CAN DO THE POST SIMULATION FROM THE EXTRACTED VERSION USING ANALOG SIMULATOR.

 

[mists]

cadence use ultrasim in the mmsim package for post layout sim

 

[rfsystem]

The curiosity is that if the chip is a mixed signal but simulated at the transistor level w/o any models and have some digital but not dominating Spectre is still faster than Hsim. And Spectre can simulate more than 500k analog w/o any memory or repetitive elements where memory exceeding the classical 2G border.

For dominated digital with some analog function on transistor level Hsim is a good choice.

 

[taik]

From Cadence, there is Ultrasim and Analog Mixed Signal Designer (AMSD) if you are doing a MS design...