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Tools

Tools from the major EDA companies are supplemented at specific points with internally developed tools, resulting in Fujitsu's integrated, efficient system. Multiplatform support is also provided for products such as Sun and HP workstations.

A list of many of the supported tools for major steps in the design flow is given in the table below.

Task CAD Tool
Memory Compilation FUJITSU ChaRAM
Frame Generation FUJITSU TIPL
RTL Check and Synthesis ATRENTA SpyGlass
SYNOPSYS DesignCompiler
CADENCE BuildGates
Hand-Off Check FUJITSU Test Vector Checker, LDRC, neocheck
Netlist Analysis FUJITSU neocheck
Constraint Analysis CADENCE PKS
SYNOPSYS PrimeTime
FUJITSU GISTA
Test Insertion FUJITSU DFTPlanner, TERBAN, XPAX, LSC, FANTCAD
Physical Prototyping CADENCE SoC Encounter, Fire & Ice, SignalStorm, VoltageStorm
SYNOPSYS PrimeTime
FUJITSU Priest, PScope, TIPL, GISTA
Initial Layout CADENCE SoC Encounter, PKS, WarpRoute
Timing Optimization CADENCE SoC Encounter, Fire & Ice, PKS, WarpRoute
Crosstalk / Timing Fixing CADENCE SoC Encounter, PKS, WarpRoute
RC Extraction CADENCE Fire & Ice
FUJITSU coeff_rc
Crosstalk Analysis CADENCE PKS, CeltIC
Power Analysis CADENCE VoltageStorm FUJITSU Serectplus, PScope
Delay Calculation CADENCE SignalStorm
FUJITSU Slewchecker
Timing Analysis SYNOPSYS PrimeTime
FUJITSU GISTA
Physical Verification CADENCE Assura
MENTOR Calibre
FUJITSU Phornet
ECO List Generation SYNOPSYS PrimeTime
FUJITSU ECO Helper, GISTA, calcdelta, PDA2
Timing Model Generation CADENCE PKS
SYNOPSYS PrimeTime