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Subject: Cheap IC Layout Viewers/Editors for GDSII Files On Windows NT
> Do you know of a free or low cost layout viewer that would enable me to
> view IC layouts (GDSII data type) on an NT operating system? Where can I
> get it? Of course, it would be nice if I could also edit the layout, but
> simply viewing a layout and being able to measure distances would be a
> good start.
>
> - Paul Alan Spitalny
> Cascade Linear
From: Jim_T@analog-innovations.com ( Jim Thompson )
You can get GDSVU from <http://www.artwork.com> for around $500, which is
what I use for checking layouts. It's a viewer only, no editing. I think
ICEditor is available for a few thou' and does just about everything.
- Jim Thompson
Analog Innovations, Inc. Phoenix, AZ
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From: Toby Schaffer <jtschaff@eos.ncsu.edu>
The canonical answer to the free layout viewer/editor question is Magic, but
I don't think there's an NT version. However, you can download an eval copy
of VMware <http://www.vmware.com/products/forwindowsnt.html> which should
let you run Linux/X Window binaries under NT.
- Toby Schaffer
North Carolina State University
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From: pontius@btv.ibm.com (Dale Pontius)
A few years back I fiddled with a layout editor called "LASI" that runs
under DOS. I lost track of it, but at the ISSCC this year I ran across a
book co-authored by the author of LASI, and the book uses the program, so
apparently it's still around.
A quick stop to google, look for "lasi" and "boyce", and it's still around.
It's even mentioned in the comp.lsi.cad faq. LASI has it's own format, but
it has a GDSII import facility. It also has rather an interesting editing
paradigm -- it worked on groups of vertices, last time I tried it.
- Dale Pontius
IBM Burlington, VT
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From: Serban-Mihai Popescu <serbanp@ix.netcom.com>
If you're familiar with Magic, I think there is somewhere on the net a
Windows version for it. I don't have at hand the pointer, but it shouldn't
be so hard to find it.
- Serban-Mihai Popescu
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