( ESNUG 399 Item 6 ) --------------------------------------------- [08/08/02]
From: [ Left Out In The Cold ]
Subject: Mentor Won't Let Us Eval Their New "Calibre CI" Extraction Tool!
Hi, John,
Please keep me anonymous because this is too critical in future business
with Mentor.
After waiting & pushing Avanti (now SYNOPSYS) to improve device extraction
flow of StarRCXT, we are more interested in bring in other extraction tool
to integrate with our Calibre: Calibre LVS + Extraction.
The first tool we would like to evaluate is Celestry NRC which claims to
have tight link with Calibre LVS through Calibre CI feature. We are told
Calibre CI is exactly there for 3rd party to link with Calibre LVS.
Since this is the 1st time I heard of 'Calibre CI' (it is not in ANY Mentor
document I have seen), I made a request to Mentor salesperson for an eval.
My temp license request got response. I called to check the status and the
answer is very interesting.
The Mentor salesman said Mentor WILL NOT lend us the Calibre CI license for
evaluation, instead Mentor wants us to evaluate their xCalibre and their
to-be-released xRC. They sent me some marketing email to show me how good
xCalibre/xRC is.
It is definitely not possible to purchase the Calibre CI either.
After pushing and pushing, finally the salesman said his boss is willing to
lend us a time-based temp license but they DO NOT PROMISE Mentor will sell
"Calibre CI" to us. That is to say, even if I have decided to use (Calibre
LVS+Calibre CI + 3rd party extraction tool) in my flow, I may be blocked
for not possible to purchase it from Mentor.
What a joke!!! Celestry said they have contacted the Mentor CEO and still
got nothing to offer for a clear and promised policy in open Calibre CI.
What I need ESNUG readers to help is to check if this is a new policy or a
changing policy for Mentor in the US? In Europe? In Asia?
- [ Left Out In The Cold ]
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