( ESNUG 319 Item 15 ) -------------------------------------------- [5/26/99]
Subject: ( ESNUG 318 #3 ) Converting SPICE Libs Into Synopsys Power Libs
>You may want to check with Mentor Graphics about their CellBuilder. It
>probably does what you want. It does characterize for power, but exactly
>into what formats I don't know, however writing a small script to translate
>from a to b when the simulation is done shouldn't be too difficult (at least
>when compared to writing scripts to automate simulation over temperature,
>voltage, process, load and slew-rate). Commercial pricing is probably a
>bit, shall we say prohibitive, but at least here in Scandinavia they have
>very reasonable license fees for academic institutions and the same should
>apply in the USA.
>
> - Magnus Svderberg
> Lunds Universitet Lund, Sweden
From: Shivkumar Kutty <kutty@Synopsys.COM>
Hi John,
I would like to inform your ESNUG readers about PowerArc, which is an
automated cell library power characterization tool from Synopsys. PowerArc
performs automatic and accurate power characterization of a variety cells
types including standard cells, IOs and memories and generates the standard
library (.lib) directly.
The key benefit of using PowerArc is primarily due to its accuracy,
automation and efficiency. PowerArc is based on the transistor-level
simulation technology provided by EPIC's PowerMill/ACE. It's roughly
10x faster than SPICE-based characterization tools.
- Shivkumar Kutty
Synopsys
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